title: Diencephalic origin of the pineal gland of the chicken embryo.
abstract: In the present paper, the diencephalic origin of the chick pineal gland was analyzed by a series of experiments: prosencephalic substitution; in vitro culture of isolated diencephalons; and total or partial excission of the diencephalic roof. The results indicate that the differentiation of the chick pineal gland in the rooof of the third ventricle is not influenced by the neighbouring brain vesicles and is of diencephalic origin. Moreover, in order to obtain chick embryos with pineal agenesia, the whole diencephalic roof has to be removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Animal Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Aige-Gil
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murillo-Ferrol
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000196:embryology; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000196:embryology; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000196:embryology*; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000196:embryology / Q000637:transplantation; D011784:Quail