Abstract
Daily afternoon injections of a β-adrenergic blocking agent, propranolol, for 8 weeks inhibited the number of vacuoles and concretions formed in the gerbil pineal gland. The data suggest that sympathetic input to the pineal gland is necessary for the formation of pineal concretions.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 372-374 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine |
| Volume | 182 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
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Vaughan, M. K., Joshi, B. N., & Reiter, R. J. (1986). Daily Propranolol Administration Reduces Pineal Concretion Formation in the Mongolian Gerbil. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 182(3), 372-374. https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-182-42354