Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Superficial Pineal Gland of the 15-day-old rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Summary The presence of a cortex and medulla in the superficial pineal gland has been a controversial point in the morphology of this structure in mammals. The published reports indicate contradictory data especially in rodents. In this study the pineal gland of 15‐day‐old male rats (Rattus norvegic...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Anatomia, histologia, embryologia histologia, embryologia, 2004-06, Vol.33 (3), p.158-160 |
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The presence of a cortex and medulla in the superficial pineal gland has been a controversial point in the morphology of this structure in mammals. The published reports indicate contradictory data especially in rodents. In this study the pineal gland of 15‐day‐old male rats (Rattus norvegicus) were studied, using scanning electron microscopy, in an attempt to determine whether or not a cortex and medulla are apparent in the pineal gland of young rats. The superficial pineal gland of the 15‐day‐old rat exhibited both a cortex and a medulla; these areas exhibited different structural organizations. The cortex had a thickness of 40–80 μm and the cells did not show a particular arrangement. The center of the gland was composed of a medulla, which had a width of 1000–1200 μm, and consisted of cells arranged in cords; its morphology was distinctly different from that of the cortex.
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La corteza y médula en la glándula pineal ha sido un punto de controversia. Los trabajos publicados hasta hoy son contradictorios, en especial en roedores. En este estudio analizamos la glándula pineal superficial de ratas a los 15 días de desarrollo posnatal. Para cumplir con este objetivo utilizamos microscopía electrónica de barrido, ya que esta nos resuelve la tridimencionalidad de la glándula y hace evidente su citoarquitectura. La glándula pineal muestra corteza y médula, estas áreas muestran diferente organización estructural; la corteza tiene un grosor de 40 a 80 μm de grosor y no muestra una organización particular (bajo este análisis). La médula tiene un grosor entre 1000 y 1200 μm y su arreglo es en cordones. |
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ISSN: | 0340-2096 1439-0264 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00527.x |