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Morten Møller

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Direct projections to the rat pineal gland via the stria medullaris thalami. An anterograde tracing study by use of horseradish peroxidase.

1986

The possible presence of a direct nervous projection from the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus to the pineal gland of the rat was investigated by means of the anterograde neuron-tracing method using horseradish peroxidase. The tracer was injected unilaterally into the PVN and the animals were allowed to survive between 12 and 26 h. Numerous peroxidase-positive fibers were observed, ipsilateral to the injection site, in the stria medullaris thalami and could be followed into the medial habenular nucleus and the habenular commissure. From there, fibers penetrated into the deep pineal gland (lamina intercalaris), and further into the pineal stalk. These data support results of…

Maleendocrine systemHistologyCentral nervous systemHorseradish peroxidasePineal GlandPathology and Forensic MedicineHabenular commissureStereotaxic TechniquesDiencephalonPineal glandThalamusmedicineAnimalsHorseradish PeroxidaseNeuronsAfferent Pathwaysbiologydigestive oral and skin physiologyRats Inbred StrainsCell BiologyAnatomyRatsAnterograde tracingmedicine.anatomical_structurenervous systemHypothalamusbiology.proteinNucleushormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonistsCell and tissue research
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Stimulation of Serotonin-N-Acetyltransferase Activity in the Pineal Gland of the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) by Intracerebroventricular …

1989

There is ever-increasing evidence that intrapineal peptides have an important role in the modulation of pineal melatonin synthesis. In the pineal gland of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), we have previously shown the presence of VIP-immunoreactive nerve fibers as well as pinealocytic VIP receptors. To assess the functional significance of these findings, 10 microliters of a 1 microM or 1 nM solution of VIP were injected into the lateral ventricle of gerbils over a period of 10 min. Animals were killed 1.5 hr after injection, and the superficial pineal glands were excised and assayed for N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity. Injection of the 1 microM VIP solution stimulated the NA…

Maleendocrine systemmedicine.medical_specialtyArylamine N-AcetyltransferaseVasoactive intestinal peptideNeuropeptideStimulationBiologyPeptide hormoneGerbilPineal GlandMelatoninPineal glandEndocrinologyAcetyltransferasesIn vivoInternal medicinemedicineAnimalsHumansInjections IntraventricularStimulation Chemicalmedicine.anatomical_structureEndocrinologyFemaleGerbillinaehormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonistsVasoactive Intestinal Peptidemedicine.drugJournal of Pineal Research
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