A histochemical study of sympathetic innervation and 5-hydroxytryptamine in the developing pineal body of the rat.
A histochemical study of sympathetic innervation and 5-hydroxytryptamine in the developing pineal body of the rat.
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大鼠松果体发育过程中交感神经支配和 5-羟色胺的组织化学研究。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(68)90051-6
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发表时间:
1968
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
A. B. Machado
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作者:
C. Machado;L. Wragg;A. B. Machado
The development of sympathetic innervation and the appearance of 5-HT in the young rat pineal body was studied using the fluorescence method of Falck and Hillarp.There is no fluorescence in the pineal of the 19-day-old rat fetus. The first fluorescence to appear is the green (catecholamines) of the sympathetic nerves in the pineal capsule which was observed 2 h after birth. At 24 h some nerves had penetrated the gland. At day 2, large green nerves were found both outside and inside the pineal body. Inside the gland, varicose terminals were seen emerging from the nerve bundles, forming a delicate network around vessels and spreading out among parenchymal cells. At day 3 a distinctly yellow fluorescence (5-HT) appeared in the parenchyma but it was weak and uneven. All the nerves fluoresced green. At day 6–7 the parenchyma fluoresced strong yellow but there were clusters of cells only slightly fluorescent. Although most of the intrapineal nerves were green, a few were becoming yellowish at this age. At day 10–11 the yellow parenchymal fluorescence resembled that of the adult gland and the intrapineal nerves were distinctly yellow. The number of varicose terminals was smaller than in the adult gland. At 21 days the pineal gland appears similar to the adult gland. That the appearance of 5-HT in the parenchymal cells does not depend on its innervation is discussed.