1998
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.1998.tb00392.x
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Structure of the ovine pineal gland during prenatal development

Abstract: The structure of the pineal gland of 32 clinically healthy ovine embryos at different stages of development was studied. Embryos were arranged in four age groups, each containing eight embryos (four males and four females), defined in terms of the most relevant histological features: group 1 (27 to 69 days of prenatal development), group 2 (70 to 97 days), group 3 (98 to 116 days), and group 4 (117 to 150 days). At around 30 days of prenatal life, according to topographic criteria, the pineal outline begins to… Show more

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“…Marked species differences exist in the development of GFAP expression in pineal astrocytes in mammals. GFAP-positive astrocytes in the pineal gland of some rodents (Syrian hamster and gerbil, Li and Welsh, 1991;rat, Borregón et al, 1993) and nonrodents (cat and dog, Boya and Calvo, 1993) appear after birth, whereas in the human (Papasozomenos, 1983) and sheep (Franco et al, 1997;Regodón et al, 1998) GFAP immunoreactivity is already observed during fetal life. Developmental analysis of central GABAergic innervation of the mammalian pineal gland seems important for an understanding of relations between GABAergic fibers and astrocytes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Marked species differences exist in the development of GFAP expression in pineal astrocytes in mammals. GFAP-positive astrocytes in the pineal gland of some rodents (Syrian hamster and gerbil, Li and Welsh, 1991;rat, Borregón et al, 1993) and nonrodents (cat and dog, Boya and Calvo, 1993) appear after birth, whereas in the human (Papasozomenos, 1983) and sheep (Franco et al, 1997;Regodón et al, 1998) GFAP immunoreactivity is already observed during fetal life. Developmental analysis of central GABAergic innervation of the mammalian pineal gland seems important for an understanding of relations between GABAergic fibers and astrocytes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Regodón et al (1998a) realizaron una detallada descripción de la estructura de la glándula pineal en ovinos durante su desarrollo intrauterino, éstos dividen su estudio en cuatro fases desde el día 30 al 150 de gestación estudiando su evolución desde la aparición alrededor de los 30 días del esbozo o receso pineal cubierto por un epitelio pseudoestratificado de células ependimarias y comunicado con el tercer ventrículo, a medida que progresa el desarrollo este neuroepitelio del esbozo aumenta en grosor por migración de células ependimarias del tercer ventrículo y por mitosis en esta primera fase y en la siguiente, es decir, hasta el día 97 del desarrollo se produce una reducción de la luz del receso y se interrumpe la comunicación con el tercer ventrículo. El parénquima glandular presenta un aspecto compacto y está constituido exclusivamente por pinealoblastos.…”
Section: Embriología De La Glándula Pinealunclassified
“…En el espacio perivascular se encuentran fibras nerviosas amielínicas próximas a las prolongaciones bulbosas de los pinealocitos y de los astrocitos. Las prolongaciones de ambos tipos de células se entremezclan con las fibras de reticulina formando una compleja trama glandular, entre el tejido conectivo y el endotelio de los vasos se encuentran presente una membrana basal (Regodón et al, 1998b).…”
Section: Astrocitos (Células Intersticiales Pinealocitos Tipo II Céunclassified
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