The pineal gland of the red deer male. Histology and ultrastructure with notes on the fallow deer and mouflon pineals.
The most conspicuous morphological feature of the investigated red deer pineal gland was very deep pineal recess, covered with continuous layer of the ependymal cells. Its branches (2-3) reached the distal part of the gland. The slight differences in pineal structure of sexually active and sexually inactive red deer were observed. Relatively large pineal glands both of mouflon and fallow deer showed many common as well as different structural features.
Wyrzykowski
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Z
Department of Histology and Embriology, Institute of Fundamental Veterinary Sciences, Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn.
Wyrzykowska
K
K
Przybylska
B
B
Krzywiński
A
A
D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity