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 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
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Daily propranolol administration reduces pineal concretion formation in the mongolian gerbil. / Vaughan, M. K.; Joshi, B. N.; Reiter, Russel J.
In: Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 182, No. 3, 1986, p. 372-374.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Daily propranolol administration reduces pineal concretion formation in the mongolian gerbil
AU - Vaughan, M. K.
AU - Joshi, B. N.
AU - Reiter, Russel J
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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JO - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N. Y.)
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SN - 1535-3702
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