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Abstract
The three-dimensional ultrastructure of the pineal body of the rat is described on the basis of freeze-fractured preparations. The pineal capsule consists of irregular cells with very flat and perforated processes. Through these openings, extremely branched canaliculi, extending to almost every pineal cell, communicate with the tissue compartment outside the organ. The pericapillary spaces contain, in juxtaposition with capillaries of the fenestrated type, nerve fibers as well as a flocculent granular and filamentous material of unknown origin and chemical nature.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 527010 DOI: 10.1007/BF00238052
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Tissue Res ISSN: 0302-766X Impact factor: 5.249