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Electrophysiology of the Mammalian Pineal Gland: Evidence for Rhythmical and Non-Rhythmical Elements and for Magnetic Influence on Electrical Activity

P. Semm

subject

endocrine systemEnteroendocrine cellBiologyPinealocyteMelatoninElectrophysiologyPineal glandmedicine.anatomical_structuremedicinePineal organNeurosciencehormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonistsHormonemedicine.drug

description

Although the mammalian pineal gland has been extensively studied by biochemical, pharmacological and morphological techniques, the precise nature of the intrinsic cells, the pinealocytes, was unknown for a long time. Biochemically the pinealocyte has been shown to be an endocrine cell synthesizing melatonin and other hormones. In view of the importance of the mammalian pineal as a neurotransducer, and of the limited usefulness of the methods mentioned, an attempt was made to characterize the cells electro-physiologically.

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1982-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68651-1_16