Nucleolus-like bodies in the pineal gland of the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus).
Light- and electron-microscopic observations on the pineal gland of Phodopus sungorus revealed intracytoplasmic inclusions resembling nucleolus-like bodies similar to those found in other regions of the central nervous system. Bernhard's EDTA method was used to confirm that these inclusions were nucleolus-like bodies. These structures were rarely found in pinealocytes of sexually active long-day animals, whereas large numbers of them were observed in pinealocytes of sexually quiescent short-day animals. Nucleolus-like bodies may therefore be involved in pineal secretion.
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D000818:Animals; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006224:Cricetinae; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013194:Staining and Labeling