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Vasopressinergic innervation of the pig pineal gland.
- Source :
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Folia histochemica et cytobiologica [Folia Histochem Cytobiol] 2002; Vol. 40 (1), pp. 3-8. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- An immunohistochemical study of the pineal gland of the domestic pig was carried out using the antisera raised against vasopressin (VP). The pineal glands were taken from the newborn, 21-day- and 7-month old female pigs. The pig pineal gland is moderately innervated by VP-immunoreactive nerve fibers. They run from the habenular commissure into the connective tissue septa and further into the pineal parenchyma. In the subependymal tissue as well as in the connective tissue septa, the fibers are smooth or with small varicosities and in the parenchyma with large ones. The obtained results point to extrapineal and extraepithalamic source of the fibers. The density of VP-immunoreactive fibers in the pineal gland of 7-month old pigs is higher than in the younger animals.
- Subjects :
- Aging metabolism
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Female
Habenula cytology
Habenula metabolism
Immunohistochemistry
Neural Pathways cytology
Neural Pathways growth & development
Pineal Gland growth & development
Swine anatomy & histology
Neural Pathways metabolism
Pineal Gland innervation
Pineal Gland metabolism
Presynaptic Terminals metabolism
Swine metabolism
Vasopressins metabolism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0239-8508
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Folia histochemica et cytobiologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11885805