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    The effects of constant light and constant darkness on daily changes in the morphology of the pineal organ in the goldfish,Carassius auratus (1982)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 53 (1982), S. 277-292 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Pineal organ ; goldfish ; circadian rhythm ; constant light ; constant darkness
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The fine structure of photoreceptor cells in the pineal organ of the goldfish was found to vary quantitatively over a 24-hour period. Stereological analysis revealed significant daily changes in the volume of the cell and inner segment, nuclear volume and nucleolar diameter, volume of endo-plasmic reticulum and Golgi bodies, area of both rough and smooth endo-plasmic reticulum, and number of vesicles associated with each Golgi body. Peak values of these variables occurred either during the dark phase or latter part of the light phase. These findings agree closely with those reported in higher vertebrates, and suggest that metabolic activities, and possible secretory functions, of the pineal organ of fishes are synchronized to the light: dark cycle. Daily changes in these variables generally persisted in fish exposed to constant darkness for seven days, with the peaks in these rhythms coinciding closely with those observed in fish exposed to a light: dark cycle. In contrast, the rhythms in all variables were abolished in fish kept in continual light for seven days. Photoreceptor cells from fish exposed to continuous light had larger nucleoli and greater amounts of rough endoplasmic reticulum indicating a further effect of light on pineal metabolism in lower vertebrates.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01252039
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    Immunocytochemical and circadian biochemical analysis of neuroactive amino acids in the pineal gland of the rat: effect of superior cervical ganglionectomy (1992)
    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 269 (1992), S. 515-523 
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Pineal gland ; Pinealocytes ; Glutamate ; Glutamine ; Taurine ; Circadian rhythm ; Superior cervical sympathectomy ; Rat (Sprague-Dawley)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Semiquantitative immunocytochemistry by immuno-gold techniques revealed differences in the spatial distribution of glutamate, glutamine, and taurine within the pineal gland, with greatest labeling over pinealocytes, glia, and endothelia, respectively. At the subcellular level, glutamate labeling tended to be highest over pinealocyte synaptic ribbons and mitochondria, and lowest over lipid inclusions. Pineal levels of glutamate, glutamine and taurine, as measured by high performance liquid chromatography, did not vary over a light: dark cycle. Superior cervical sympathetic denervation, which abolishes pineal melatonin synthesis, resulted in a nearly 50% reduction in pineal glutamate levels, but had no effect on levels of glutamine and taurine. Other amino acids (alanine, arginine, aspartate, serine) were reduced by 23%–33% following sympathectomy. These data suggest an important role for glutamate in pinealocyte function(s) possibly related to the noradrenergic innervation of the gland.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00353906
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