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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 116 (1971), S. 250-274 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Pineal complex ; Anura ; Nervus and tractus pinealis ; Chromatic and achromatic responses to light
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Der Epiphysenkomplex von 32 Fröschen der Arten Rana temporaria, Rana esculenta und Rana catesbeiana wurde zuerst elektrophysiologisch, anschließend neuro-histologisch bzw. elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Auf Belichtung des Stirnorgans lassen sich vom Nervus pinealis (= Tractus frontalis) zwei Arten von Antworten ableiten. Antidrome elektrische Reizung des Tractus pinealis zeigt im Nervus pinealis fortgeleitete Aktionspotentiale und damit Nervenfasern, die vom Stirnorgan bis zum Mittelhirn durchgehen. Elektrophysiologisch wurden außerdem Fasern ermittelt, die die Epiphysis cerebri nicht erreichen. Weitere Fasern enden in der Epiphyse. Neben den vom Stirnorgan zum Gehirn ziehenden afferenten Fasern kann man im extracranialen Teil des Nervus pinealis auch efferente Fasern nachweisen. Histologisch ist in allen Fällen der Durchtritt des Nervus pinealis durch das Schädeldach zu beobachten. Der Durchmesser des Nerven nimmt jedoch wahrend seines Verlaufs kontinuierlich ab. Elektronenmikroskopisch konnte gesichert werden, daß diese Durchmesserabnahme auf einem Faserverlust beruht. Bei einer Rana catesbeiana wurden kurz vor Eintritt des Nervus pinealis in die Epiphyse — im Vergleich zum extracranialen Nervenabschnitt —nur noch die Hälfte der markhaltigen und 1/3 der marklosen Nervenfasern gezählt. Bei den verbleibenden markhaltigen Fasern war außerdem die Dicke der Markscheide stark reduziert. Der Nervus pinealis fächert sich in Epiphysennähe auf; seine Fasern treten dorsomedian einzeln durch die Basalmembran in das Parenchym des rostralen Epiphysenabschnittes ein. Gemeinsam mit den Neuriten der Epiphysennervenzellen bilden sie den Tractus pinealis (s. auch Paul u. Mitarb., 1971). Eine synaptische Umschaltung der Fasern des Nervus pinealis konnte in der Epiphyse nicht nachgewiesen werden. Bei einer Rana esculenta betrug der Faseranteil des Nervus pinealis am Tractus pinealis nur etwa 2%. Die Befunde werden im Zusammenhang mit der Entstehung und Leitung der chromatischen und achromatischen Antwort im Epiphysenkomplex diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary The pineal systems of 32 frogs of the species Rana temporaria, Rana esculenta, and Rana catesbeiana were studied first electrophysiologically and then with histological and electron microscopical methods. The nervus pinealis (= tractus frontalis) showed two kinds of responses to photic stimulation. Uninterrupted conduction of nerve impulses from the frontal organ to the midbrain was demonstrated by antidromic electrical stimulation of the intracranial pineal tract and recording of action potentials from the extracranial pineal nerve. Beside the uninterrupted fibres from the frontal organ to the tractus pinealis, other fibres of the nervus pinealis either did not reach the pineal organ or ended in the pineal organ. The extracranial part of the nervus pinealis contained afferent as well as efferent fibres. Morphologically it was shown in 32 investigated animals that the nervus pinealis penetrates the skull and runs to the pineal organ. During its course, the diameter of the pineal nerve became smaller, which was related to a decrease of the number of myelinated and unmyelinated fibres as revealed by the electron microscope. In comparison with the extracranial portion of the pineal nerve, the intracranial portion of the nerve near the pineal organ contained only half of the myelinated and one third of the unmyelinated fibres counted in one specimen of Rana catesbeiana. The thickness of the myelin sheats of the residual myelinated fibres was much reduced. The nervus pinealis entered the rostral region of the pineal organ, and single nerve fibres were seen to penetrate the basal lamina of the pineal organ reaching its parenchyma dorsomedially. These fibres, and axons of the nerve cells of the pineal organ, constituted the pineal tract (see also Paul et al., 1971). In one specimen of Rana esculenta, only ∼2% of the nerve fibres of the tractus pinealis originated in the frontal organ. The results have been discussed in relation to the generation and conduction of the chromatic and achromatic responses in the pineal system.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Ca++-ATPase ; K+-NPPase ; Na+-K+ATPase ; Ultracytochemistry ; Photoreceptor cells, retinal ; Guinea pig
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Ca++-ATPase activity was demonstrated histochemically at light- and electron-microscopic levels in inner and outer segments of retinal photoreceptor cells of the guinea pig with the use of a newly developed one-step lead-citrate method (Ando et al. 1981). The localization of ouabain-sensitive, K+-dependent p-nitrophenylphosphatase (K+-NPPase) activity, which represents the second dephosphorylative step of the Na+-K+-ATPase system, was studied by use of the one-step method newly adapted for ultracytochemistry (Mayahara et al. 1980). In retinal photoreceptor cells fixed for 15 min in 2% paraformaldehyde the electron-dense Ca++-ATPase reaction product accumulated significantly on the inner membranes of the mitochondria but not on the plasmalemma or other cytoplasmic elements of the inner segments. The membranes of the outer segments remained unstained except the membrane arrays in close apposition to the retinal pigment epithelium. The cytochemical reaction was Ca++- and substrate-dependent and showed sensitivity to oligomycin. When Mg++-ions were used instead of Ca++-ions, a distinct reaction was also found on mitochondrial inner membranes. In contrast to the localization of the Ca++ -ATPase activity, the K+-NPPase activity was demonstrated only on the plasmalemma of the inner segments, but not on the mitochondria, other cytoplasmic elements or the outer segment membranes. This reaction was almost completely abolished by ouabain or by elimination of K+ from the incubation medium.
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  • 3
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 245 (1986), S. 171-176 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Pineal organ, Salmo gairdneri ; Cytochemistry ; Acid phosphatase activity ; Lysosomes ; Macrophages
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Activity of acid phosphatase (ACP) was investigated cytochemically in the pineal organ of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Intense reaction product for ACP activity was observed (1) in lysosomes varying in size and shape and (2) in endoplasmic reticulum associated with the Golgi complex of (i) the pineal photoreceptor and supporting cells, (ii) vascular endothelial cells, and (iii) macrophages inhabiting pineal lumen, parenchymal epithelium and perivascular spaces. This localization of ACP is discussed with particular reference to the capacity for lysosomal digestion in a pineal organ combining photoreceptive and secretory functions, and lacking a blood-brain barrier, as holds true for the pineal of the rainbow trout. Taking advantage of its capacity for endocytotic uptake and lysosomal digestion, the pineal organ of the rainbow trout may serve as a barrier between the blood circulation and the cerebrospinal-fluid compartment. Furthermore, the macrophages may be considered as an essential component in pineal function of fish.
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