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9500655

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Serotonin-immunoreactive (5-HT IR) photoreceptors are present in the pineal complex (pineal and parapineal organ) of the river lamprey, Lampetra japonica. They are so-called modified pineal photoreceptors and have been regarded as photoneuroendocrine cells which secrete melatonin. We reconstructed 5-HT IR cells with a computer to demonstrate their three-dimensional structures from optical sections taken by a confocal laser scanning microscope. The 5-HT IR cell possesses a basal process, and it appears that the process does not branch out. These processes contact each other at the basal region of the end vesicle, and a process extends to the soma of the neighboring 5-HT IR cell. These findings were obtained by three-dimensional analysis with a computer, which is a useful technique to demonstrate the interaction between cells. We suggest that the 5-HT IR photoreceptors interact with one another.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1016-0922
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
184-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Three-dimensional reconstruction of serotonin-immunoreactive photoreceptors in the pineal organ of the river lamprey, Lampetra japonica.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't