Absence of acetycholinesterase-positive nerve structure in the superficial part of the pineal gland of adult albino rats

• Authors: G. Swiatkiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Application of the histochemical method for testing acetylcholiesterase (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) combined with silver impregnation of the nervous tissue showed the absence of AChE-positive nerve structures in the superficial part of the pineal gland in adult male albino rats. It was carried out at the level of the light miscroscope. If it is assumed that the test for the presence of AChE is a form of indirect conclusion concerning the cholinergic nature of given nerve structures, then in the case of the superficial innervation of the pineal gland, the outcome of the test is negative.

Keywords

EN

ACHE; CENTRAL PERIPHERAL INNERVATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; SUPERFICIAL PINEAL GLAND

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 1996
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 131-136

Contributors

author

G. Swiatkiewicz

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: G.Swiatkiewicz, Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, R. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Krakow, Poland.