Cellular lining of the sheep pineal recess studied by light-, transmission-, and scanning electron microscopy: Morphologic indications for a direct secretion of melatonin from the pineal gland to the cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 456, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-47

  Tricoire, Hélène ^a   Malpaux, Benoit ^a   Møller, Morten ^b  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ependyma; Horseradish peroxidase; Junctions; Pinealocytes; Tracers

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; PERMEABILITY; PINEAL GLAND; SEROTONIN; SHEEP; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 0037467613     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10477     Document Type: Article

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