Publication: Indications for a central innervation of the bovine pineal gland with substance P-immunoreactive nerve fibers
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1993-05-21
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00068993
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Mahidol University
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Brain Research. Vol.611, No.2 (1993), 347-351
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M. Møller, P. Phansuwan-Pujito, P. Govitrapong, P. Schmidt Indications for a central innervation of the bovine pineal gland with substance P-immunoreactive nerve fibers. Brain Research. Vol.611, No.2 (1993), 347-351. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(93)90525-R Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/22534
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Indications for a central innervation of the bovine pineal gland with substance P-immunoreactive nerve fibers
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An antiserum, raised in rabbits, against substance P was used in an immunohistochemical investigation of the bovine pineal gland. A moderate innervation of all parts of the bovine pineal gland with subtance P-immunoreactive nerve fibers was demonstrated. The immunoreactive nerve fibers were located throughout the pineal gland, both perivascularly, intraparenchymally, and with few fibers in the pineal capsule. Within the habenular nucleus, a large number of substance substance P-immunoreactive perikarya were present. From these perikarya processes extended towards the pineal stalk and gland. Some substance P-immunoreactive nerve fibers were located in the stria medullaris and in the posterior commissure. The anatomical location of the substance P-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the pineal gland and stalk strongly indicates that, in this species, subtance P-immunoreactive pinealopetal nerve fibers originate from perikarya in the brain, probably from the medial habenular nucleus. © 1993.