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Presence of dense-core vesicles in pinealocytes of the cat

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Dense-core vesicles, 90–200 nm in diameter, were found in pinealocytes of the cat. They were present both in perikarya and cell processes.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

    Michal Karasek & John T. Hansen

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On leave from Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Department of Pathological Anatomy, Institute of Pathology, Medical Academy, Lodz, Poland

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Karasek, M., Hansen, J.T. Presence of dense-core vesicles in pinealocytes of the cat. Cell Tissue Res. 222, 695–698 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213868

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