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Electrophysiological evidence for the action of light on the pineal gland in the rat

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La lumière a un effet inhibiteur sur l'activité électrique tonique spontanée de l'épiphyse du rat, enregistrée dans l'obscurité. Les éléments photosensibles se trouvent au niveau des yeux. Le fait que la réponse a été bloquée par le chlorure de hexamethonium suggère qu'elle est transmise à l'épiphyse par les nerfs sympathiques postganglionnaires.

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Brain Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    A. Newman Taylor & R. W. Wilson

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Taylor, A.N., Wilson, R.W. Electrophysiological evidence for the action of light on the pineal gland in the rat. Experientia 26, 267–269 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01900087

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