title: Presence of glial cells in the rat pineal gland: a light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical study.
abstract: Immunoperoxidase methods for the demonstration of three glial antigens, vimentin, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and S-100 protein, were applied to routine-fixed paraffin sections of rat pineal gland. A pre-embedding electron microscope immunoperoxidase method was also used to study the ultrastructural localization of S-100 protein in pineal cells. Light and electron microscopic results showed the presence of these antigenic glial markers in the second pineal cell type. The term glial cell is proposed for the second of parenchymatous cell in rat pineal gland.
authors: Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Calvo
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Boya
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Borregon
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Garcia-Mauriño
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014746:Vimentin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009418:S100 Proteins; D014746:Vimentin