Influence of light/dark, seasonal and lunar cycles on the nuclear size of the pinealocytes of the rat

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 205-212

  Martinez Soriano F ^a   Armananzas E ^a   Ruiz Torner, A ^a   Valverde Navarro, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Cortical layer; Lunar cycles; Medullar layer; Photophases; Pineal gland; Seasonal periods

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; KARYOMETRY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOON; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; MOON; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEASONS; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036162718     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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