Pineal ribbon synapses: Regulated by the gland's central innervation

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 761-765

  Reuss, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Melatonin; Neuroendocrine system; Pineal innervation; Ribbon synapse; Stalk transection

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PITUITARY STALK; RAT; RIBBON SYNAPSE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 79751521737     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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