Ultrastructural changes in the rat pineal gland after sympathetic denervation. Quantitative study.

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  • J L Calvo
  • J Boya
  • J E García-Mauriño
چکیده

Ultrastructural changes in the rat pineal gland were studied quantitatively 7 and 60 days after the sympathetic denervation by bilateral excission or decentralization of superior cervical ganglia. The surface occupied by pineal parenchymal cells decreased in rats of experimental groups with respect to the control group. Furthermore, profile areas of the cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus of the pinealocytes were also diminished. Cytoplasmic lipid droplets in the pinealocytes were markedly decreased in number and size in experimental rats. As demonstrated by the Kruskal-Wallis H test, statistically significant differences were found between rats of the control and operated groups. Rats treated by superior cervical ganglionectomy or decentralization showed morphological changes indicating a hypofunctional pineal gland, although differences were found between both groups.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Histology and histopathology

دوره 5 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1990