 Pineal Gland
"Pineal Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A light-sensitive neuroendocrine organ attached to the roof of the THIRD VENTRICLE of the brain. The pineal gland secretes MELATONIN, other BIOGENIC AMINES and NEUROPEPTIDES.
| Descriptor ID |
D010870
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.635 A06.688.733 A08.186.211.464.200.680 A08.186.211.730.317.200.620 A08.713.733
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| Concept/Terms |
Pineal Gland- Pineal Gland
- Gland, Pineal
- Glands, Pineal
- Pineal Glands
- Epiphysis Cerebri
- Cerebri, Epiphysis
- Pineal Body
- Bodies, Pineal
- Body, Pineal
- Pineal Bodies
- Corpus Pineale
- Corpus Pineales
- Pineale, Corpus
- Pineales, Corpus
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pineal Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Woo PY, Teoh JY, Wong GK, Zhu XL, Siu DY, Kwan MC, Poon WS. A 45-year-old woman with reversible bilateral hearing loss. Neurology. 2013 Jan 15; 80(3):e23-6.
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D'Souza T, Dryer SE. Elevated nighttime activity of chick pineal ILOT channels requires protein synthesis. Biol Signals. 1997 Jul-Dec; 6(4-6):212-6.
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Reiser MA, D'Souza T, Dryer SE. Effects of caffeine and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on voltage-activated potassium currents in vertebrate neurones and secretory cells. Br J Pharmacol. 1996 Aug; 118(8):2145-51.
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D'Souza T, Dryer SE. A cationic channel regulated by a vertebrate intrinsic circadian oscillator. Nature. 1996 Jul 11; 382(6587):165-7.
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Marcus DM, Lasudry JG, Carpenter JL, Windle J, Howes KA, al-Ubaidi MR, Baehr W, Overbeek PA, Font RL, Albert DM. Trilateral tumors in four different lines of transgenic mice expressing SV40 T-antigen. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996 Feb; 37(2):392-6.
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D'Souza T, Dryer SE. Effects of phosphodiesterase inhibitors and forskolin on cyclic GMP-activated channels in intact isolated cells of the chick pineal gland. Neurochem Int. 1995 Dec; 27(6):527-33.
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Nowak JZ, Sek B, D'Souza T, Dryer SE. Does histamine stimulate cyclic AMP formation in the avian pineal gland via a novel (non-H1, non-H2, non-H3) histamine receptor subtype. Neurochem Int. 1995 Dec; 27(6):519-26.
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D'Souza T, Dryer SE. Intracellular free Ca2+ in dissociated cells of the chick pineal gland: regulation by membrane depolarization, second messengers and neuromodulators, and evidence for release of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Brain Res. 1994 Sep 05; 656(1):85-94.
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Dryer SE, Henderson D. Cyclic GMP-activated channels of the chick pineal gland: effects of divalent cations, pH, and cyclic AMP. J Comp Physiol A. 1993 Apr; 172(3):271-9.
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Henderson D, Dryer SE. Voltage- and Ca(2+)-activated ionic currents in acutely dissociated cells of the chick pineal gland. Brain Res. 1992 Feb 14; 572(1-2):182-9.
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