Ultrastructural Identification of Calbindin-D28k-Immunoreactive Cells in the Rat Superficial Pineal Body
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cells Tissues Organs
- Vol. 133 (2) , 122-126
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000146627
Abstract
The vitamin-D-dependent calcium-binding protein, calbindin-D28k, was detected immunocytochemically in the majority of pericapillary pinealocytes of the rat superficial pineal body. The interstitial cells were calbindin -negative.The significance of these findings is discussed.Keywords
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