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Pinealocyte

Known as: Pineocyte 
A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pineocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that… Expand
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Universality and diversity in the signal transduction pathway that regulates seasonal reproduction in vertebrates
Most vertebrates living outside the tropical zone show robust physiological responses in response to seasonal changes in… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Glia-Pinealocyte Network: The Paracrine Modulation of Melatonin Synthesis by Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)
The pineal gland, a circumventricular organ, plays an integrative role in defense responses. The injury-induced suppression of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The mammalian pineal organ: Electron microscopic studies on the fine structure of pinealocytes, glial cells and on the perivascular compartment
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  • Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische…
  • 2004
    • Corpus ID: 22895076
SummaryThe architecture of the pineal organ (epiphysis cerebri) of cats and monkeys (Macaca mulatta and Saimiri spec.) is… Expand
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Evolution of photosensory pineal organs in new light: the fate of neuroendocrine photoreceptors.
Pineal evolution is envisaged as a gradual transformation of pinealocytes (a gradual regression of pinealocyte sensory capacity… Expand
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Review
2002
Review
2002
The anatomy and innervation of the mammalian pineal gland
Abstract. The parenchymal cells of the mammalian pineal gland are the hormone-producing pinealocytes and the interstitial cells… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Vasoactive intestinal peptide elevates pinealocyte intracellular calcium concentrations by enhancing influx: evidence for involvement of a cyclic GMP-dependent mechanism.
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptor density is high in the pineal gland, which receives VIP innervation and responds to… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Synaptophysin – a common constituent of presumptive secretory microvesicles in the mammalian pinealocyte: A study of rat and gerbil pineal glands
Recent studies have established that pinealocytes of the mammalian pineal gland contain marker molecules of neuroendocrine cells… Expand
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation elevates cytosolic calcium in rat pinealocytes by increasing net influx.
The regulation of [Ca2+]i in rat pinealocytes was studied using the fluorescent indicator quin2. Pinealocyte resting [Ca2+]i was… Expand
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Pinealocyte projections into the mammalian brain revealed with S-antigen antiserum.
Neural processes from mammalian pinealocytes have been discovered in several brain areas. These processes were visualized… Expand
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Essential role of calcium influx in the adrenergic regulation of cAMP and cGMP in rat pinealocytes.
The role of Ca2+ in the adrenergic stimulation of pinealocyte cAMP and cGMP was investigated. In this tissue alpha 1-adrenoceptor… Expand
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