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    Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 30 (1981), S. 151-156 
    ISSN: 1570-7458
    Keywords: Xyleborus ferrugineus ; pupae ; ecdysteroids ; pharate adult ; radioimmunoassay ; Coleoptera ; Scolytidae
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    Topics: Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Der Ecdysteroidtiter weiblicher Puppen von Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabr.) wurde geschätzt, indem ganze Tiere homogenisiert und radioimmunologisch untersucht wurden. Ein ausgeprägtes Maximum an Ecdysteroiden wurde bei 36 Stunden Puppenent-wicklung beobachtet (743 pg/mg Körpergewicht). Der Titer nahm ab auf 299 pg/mg im Pharatstadium und auf 193 pg/mg unmittelbar vor Schlüpfen der Adulten. Qualitative Studien mit HPLC ergaben in frischen Puppen ein Verhältnis von 3:1 Ecdyson zu 20-Hydrooxyecdyson. Pharatstadien enthielten vor allem 20-Hydrooxyecdyson. Das beobachtete einzige Maximum im Titer stimmt überein mit den Resultaten bei andern untersuchten Coleopteren.
    Notes: Abstract Ecdysteroid titers were estimated on the whole body homogenates of Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabr.) female pupae during development by radioimmunoassay. A distinct peak of ecdysteroids was observed at 36-hr pupal development (743 pg/mg body wt). Titer declined to 299 pg/mg by the pharate adult stage and to 193 pg/mg body wt just before adult emergence. Qualitative studies by HPLC revealed a ratio of 3:1 ecdysone to 20-hydroxyecdysone in the initial pupal stage. Pharate adults had mainly 20-hydroxyecdysone. The observed single peak in ecdysteroid titer agrees with findings in other studied coleopteran species.
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Mollusca ; Cleavage ; Junctions ; Interaction ; Development
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary In early cleavage stages ofLymnaea stagnalis, three kinds of intercellular junctions could be distinguished up to the sixth cleavage: intermediate, septate and gap junctions. The first two form “junctional belts” located on the cell border at the periphery of the embryo. For the purpose of our study we were most interested in gap junctions as they are alleged to be structures that allow cell-to-cell communication. Gap junctions first appear at the four cell stage. Up to the sixth cleavage no difference in the distribution pattern could be found between and within each of the four quadrants of the embryo. Some of the cell tiers along the animal-vegetal axis lack gap junctions either between the blastomeres within the tier or between the blastomeres from adjacent tiers. All gap junctions observed in freeze fracture replicas show plaques with an irregular IMP pattern. The average IMP diameter measures 12 nm (SD±2 nm). In stages fixed after the fifth cleavage, gap junctions are found between micromeres at the animal pole and the central 3D macromere. This is in agreement with the presumed interaction between these cells at this stage. The possibility of a transition of non-functional into functional gap junctions after the fifth cleavage is discussed.
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    Development genes and evolution 190 (1981), S. 33-39 
    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Ceratitis capitata ; Major haemolymph proteins ; Development ; Fat body ; Secretion
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The accumulation of major haemolymph proteins (a group of proteins immunologically related to Calliphorin) their biosynthesis in vivo and in organ culture as well as their secretion, has been studied during the late larval stages and white pupae of the Mediterranean fruit flyCeratitis capitata. The accumulation of major haemolymph proteins in the haemolymph, shows a twenty fold increase from the 4-day old larvae to the white pupae stage, while in the fat body there is only a seven fold increase. It is evident from the in vivo and organ culture studies, that the major haemolymph proteins are synthesized during the late larval stage and their synthesis declines abruptly during the stage of white pupae. It seems also that each polypeptide has its own characteristic developmental kinetics of synthesis. The major haemolymph proteins are synthesized in the fat body and are very quickly secreted into the haemolymph.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Connective Tissue ; Vitamin D deficiency ; Hydroxyproline excretion ; Glycosaminoglycan excretion ; Rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The urinary excretion of two connective tissue metabolites was studied in both control and vitamin D deficient rats. Hydroxyproline (HyPRO) excretion was determined after 2, 13 and 22 months (experiment I). It decreased with aging in animals receiving the control diet. On the contrary, this excretion increased as a function of age in vitamin D deficient animals. At the age of 22 months, HyPRO excretion was respectively 31 and 1708 µg a day in control and deficient animals. HyPRO and glycosaminoglycans (GAG) excretion was measured on a group of both control and vitamin D deficient rats at the age of 21 months (experiment II). These results confirm the high excretion of HyPRO in deficient animals. On the contrary, the GAG excretion was higher in control animals than in deficient ones, the mean excretion being respectively 412 and 234 µg a day.
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    Calcified tissue international 33 (1981), S. 223-231 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Protein deficiency ; Bone formation ; Skeletal development ; Rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Protein deficiency was produced by freely feeding young rats a 1% lactalbumin diet for 12 weeks in order to study the effects of protein-calorie malnutrition on skeletal development. During the experiment the food and caloric intake and weight of the experimental animals decreased, while those parameters of the control animals progressively increased. However, when gross caloric intake was expressed as a function of the metabolic size of the animal, the caloric consumption was similar for both groups of animals. The protein-deficient animals exhibited micro-radiographic and histological features of an abnormal pattern of endochondral bone formation. Appositional bone growth, as determined by the daily appositional rate and the percentage of endosteal surfaces undergoing active bone formation, was significantly decreased in these animals, as was the percentage of periosteal surfaces exhibiting resorption. Both chemical analyses of the whole bone and electron probe microanalysis in the specific area of actively calcifying bone revealed no significant differences between the mineral content of control and protein-deficient animals. This study distinguishes the effects of protein deficiency from that of combined protein-calorie deprivation and demonstrates that the abnormal skeletal development observed was the result of a decrease in the quantity of bone formed rather than an altered mineral content.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Rat ; Incisor ; Amelogenesis ; Acid phosphatase ; Ferritin
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Acid phosphatase was localized in rat incisor ameloblasts without prior decalcification. Whenβ-glycerophosphate was used as the substrate, an intense reaction was observed in the supranuclear region of the secretory ameloblasts. But the reaction was dramatically reduced at the transitional stage and was very weak in the maturation ameloblasts. Whenp-nitrophenylphosphate was the substrate, the reaction product was consistently seen in the Golgi cisternae and the vesicular components of the ameloblasts at all stages of enamel development. These observations suggest that there are two acid phosphatases in ameloblasts. One is in the secretory ameloblasts and the other in the transition and maturation ameloblasts. X-ray micro-analyses for Fe and Pb showed that Fe and acid phosphatase were in the ferritin-containing vesicles at the later stage of enamel maturation. This evidence suggests that ferritin is digested in these vesicles for the release of the Fe pigment to the enamel. An increase in the number of intercellular bridges between ameloblasts was correlated with the dramatic decrease in height of ameloblasts at the pigment release stage. The ameloblast membranes were acid phosphatase positive at the intercellular bridges whenp-nitrophenylphosphate was the substrate. This activity may be involved in the reduction in the surface area of the ameloblast membranes.
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    Archives of microbiology 129 (1981), S. 349-352 
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: Rhizobium ; Bacteroids ; Viability ; Development
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Viability of Rhizobium leguminosarum bacteroids isolated from Pisum sativum was determined after sucrose gradient centrifugation of the bacteroids resulting in separation according to developmental stage. The results suggest that past a critical stage of development bacteroids lose viability. Similar experiments with R. japonicum bacteroids having a lower degree of morphological differentiation showed an appreciably higher viability in all gradient fractions. The results support the hypothesis that bacteroid morphology and viability is dependent on the nature of—and length of exposure to—the host plant cytoplasm.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 39-48 
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Insect feeding deterrents ; antifeedants ; Pissodes strobi Peck ; Coleoptera ; Curculionidae ; Thuja plicata Donn
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The feeding deterrent activity of fractions from the foliage of western red cedar,Thujaplicata Donn, was studied in laboratory bioassays using the white pine weevil,Pissodes strobi Peck, as a test insect. The most active fraction was the volatile mixture that comprises the leaf oil of this tree species. Further fractionation of the leaf oil indicated feeding deterrent activity in the monoterpene hydrocarbon, thujone, and terpene alcohol fractions. When tested alone, both (−)-3-isothujone and (+)-3-thujone, which made up 75–88% and 5–10% of the leaf oil, respectively, deterred feeding by the weevils. Western red cedar leaf oil also showed antifeedant activity with the alder flea beetle,Altica ambiens (Le Conte), and served as an oviposition deterrent for the onion root maggot,Hylemya antiqua Meigen. The leaf oil, however, had no inhibitory effect on the feeding of the leaf roller,Epinotia solandriana L., and the red-backed sawfly,Eriocampa ovata L.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Oxytocin ; Paraventricular nucleus ; Supraoptic nucleus ; Anterior commissural nucleus ; Immunohistology ; Rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effect of water deprivation or estrogen treatment on the oxytocin content of rat hypothalamic cells was examined using a quantitative immunohistological technique. Oxytocin-containing cells were visualized using the immunoperoxidase technique of Sternberger and a primary antiserum directed against oxytocin. The optical density of the darkest 3.2 μm diameter spot in the cytoplasm of a cell was used as a measure of the oxytocin content of that cell. Water deprivation produced a significant decrease in anti-oxytocin staining in the anterior commissural nucleus of males and females. There was a similar decrease in the paraventricular nucleus of males, but not in the paraventricular nucleus of females or the supraoptic nucleus of either males or females. Estrogen treatment of ovariectomized female rats produced a fall in anti-oxytocin staining in the anterior commissural, but not paraventricular or supraoptic nuclei.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 65-77 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Freeze-fracture ; Occluding junctions ; Enterocytes ; Development
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The architecture of occluding junctions during the differentiation of the mouse duodenum was studied in freeze-fractured material. Irregular zonulae occludentes (ZO) (Type I) are numerous during fetal life, and are characterized by their irregular width, and by the presence of basal open-ended extensions fused with the discontinuous basal strand of the ZO. Regular ZOs (Type II), typical of the adult villous epithelium, appear after Type I junctions by day 16 of gestation. Two patterns are distinguishable: in the first, parallel strands of ridges and furrows are found without crossing branches; in the second pattern, the junction zone is organized like a network of short branches forming various types of polygons. In fetal and adult mice fasciae occludentes (FO) (Type III) are present on the lateral cell membranes; in unfixed specimens particles are found in the furrows of the E-face and pits on the ridges of the P-face. In fixed tissues, the particles are aligned on the ridges of the P-face. These results indicate that fixation with glutaraldehyde modifies considerably the affinity of junctional particles toward the P-face during the fracture process. Moreover, the presence of numerous large FOs on the lateral cell membranes of enterocytes during late fetal life and in the adult, is possibly related to cell movement along the intestinal villi.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Median eminence ; Rat ; Ontogeny ; LHRH ; Catecholamines
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The ontogenetic development of catecholamine (CA)-and LHRH-containing nerve endings in the median eminence of the rat was investigated by combining fluorescence histochemistry and immunohistochemistry in the same tissue section. LHRH-terminals appeared earlier than CA-terminals and were already detectable in the lateral part of the external layer of the central ME on the first day after birth. CA-nerve endings were first seen in a corresponding region of the ME on the seventh postnatal day. At this stage both types of terminals showed the earliest manifestation of a correlative pattern of their distribution. Subsequently the development of both types of nerve endings proceeded rapidly, and at 14 days their distribution pattern corresponded to that in adult animals. The authors conclude that at this stage the CA-neurons play a constant and significant role in the release of LHRH into the portal capillaries. The correlation between both types of nerve endings and the ontogenetic development of the capillary plexuses of the hypophysial portal system is discussed.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Lamina ganglionaris ; Locust ; Neurons ; Development ; Light and electron microscopy ; Golgi study
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    Notes: Summary The gross structure as well as the neuronal and non-neuronal components of the lamina ganglionaris of the locust Schistocerca gregaria are described on the basis of light- and electron-microscopical preparations of Golgj (selective silver) and ordinary histological preparations. The array of optic cartridges within the lamina neuropile — their order and arrangement — and the composition of the cartridges are described. There are six types of monopolar neurons: three whose branches reach to other cartridges and three whose branches are confined to their own cartridges. Retinula axons terminate either in the lamina or the medulla neuropiles. There are three types of centrifugal neurons, two types of horizontal neuron, as well as glia and trachea in the lamina neuropile. The development of the lamina neuropile is described in terms of developing monopolar and centrifugal axons, growing retinula fibres, and composition of the developing optic cartridges.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Pineal gland ; Monolayer culture ; N-acetyl transferase ; Ultrastructure ; Rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary To determine how neural influences control the function of the pineal gland, morphological and biochemical relationships after pharmacological treatment have been studied in rat pineal cells in monolayer cultures. Norepinephrine (NE) and dibutyryl cyclic 3′,5′-adenosine monophosphate (dBcAMP) treatment of cells that had been in culture for 5 and 21 days produced a stimulation in the enzyme activity of serotonin N-acetyl transferase, an enzyme important in indole synthesis. NE and dBcAMP also produced morphological changes which were dependent on the time of cells in culture. When 5 day-cultures were treated with NE and dBcAMP, light and dark cells were noted and endoplasmic reticulum increased and became more organized. Only dBcAMP treatment at 5 days produced an increase in dense granules and an elongation of cytoplasmic processes. Treatment of 21 day-cultures with dBcAMP also produced an increase in cytoplasmic processes while treatment with NE produced an increase in the synaptic ribbons and clear vesicles within the processes.
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    Cell & tissue research 216 (1981), S. 221-225 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Diet ; DNA synthesis ; Cell renewal ; Colon ; Rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary A liquid elemental diet (Vivonex) was given to rats for 6 days while control animals received a normal diet. At the end of the experiment each animal received one intraperitoneal injection of tritiated thvmidine at 8a.m. Animals from each group were killed hourly during the first 24h after the injection and the proliferative activity was studied by autoradiography of the mucosa of the colon using the labeled mitoses-wave method. The epithelial cell proliferation was significantly decreased in the colon of the Vivonex-fed animals.
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    Cell & tissue research 216 (1981), S. 227-230 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Cerebellum ; Nuclear inclusions ; Alcohol ; Rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Nuclear rods and sheets are described in neurons from the cerebellar cortex of rats alcoholized through ingestion of a 20 % aqueous ethanol solution over a period of 90 and 180 days. An eventual relationship between these nuclear inclusions and alcoholization is advanced.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Vascular smooth muscle ; Tissue culture ; Hypoxia ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Primary cultures of vascular smooth muscle cells, isolated from rat aorta, were grown under normoxic (20% O2) and mildly hypoxic (5 % O2) conditions. Cells from both conditions were compared for growth characteristics, morphology, protein synthesis, lysosomal enzyme activity, and oxygen consumption. In no case was a consistently significant difference observed. These observations indicate that these cells can adapt or are adapted to mildly hypoxic conditions. Moreover, these results may indicate that the culture of vascular smooth muscle cells in mild hypoxia represents a closer approximation of in vivo growth conditions for these cells.
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    Cell & tissue research 216 (1981), S. 615-624 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Rat ; Preovulatory follicle ; Ultrastructure ; Estrogen ; Androgen
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    Notes: Summary The effects of Nitromifene citrate (CI 628), an antiestrogen, and Flutamide, an antiandrogen, on the ultrastructure and viability of the preovulatory follicle and granulosa cells were examined both in vivo and in vitro. In vivo administration of either antihormone induced degeneration within the granulosa cells. In some of the affected granulosa cells, the nuclear material was condensed while the cytoplasm and associated organelles were unaltered. In others, the density of the cytoplasm was reduced, the smooth endoplasmic reticulum was dilated but the nucleus remained unaltered. In vitro, either antihormone reduced granulosa-cell viability but the granulosa cells were twenty times more sensitive to CI 628 than to Flutamide. In addition, exposure to CI 628 induced nuclear condensation without affecting the cytoplasm, while Flutamide induced the deterioration of the cytoplasm without altering the nucleus. These observations suggest that: (1) both estrogen and androgens control the viability of the granulosa cells and thereby the follicle, (2) the action of estrogen and androgen is mediated through receptors within the granulosa cells since these antihormones prevent the nuclear uptake of their respective hormone, (3) the granulosa cells of preovulatory follicles appear to be more dependent on estrogen than on androgen, and (4) each steroid appears to have a specific role in maintaining the granulosa cell; estrogens control the integrity of the nucleus while androgens preserve the cytoplasmic organization of the granulosa cell.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 155-170 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Adrenal medulla ; Development ; Acetylcholinesterase ; Small granule cells ; Ultramorphology ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The development of the rat adrenal medulla was studied at the ultrastructural level with particular emphasis placed on early discrimination of different catecholamine-storing cells. The first granule-containing cells, phaeochromoblasts, were seen at day 15 of gestation migrating into the anlage of the cortex. These cells were characterized by a few small granules (80–120 nm in diameter) and a high nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio. Presumably due to differentiation into chromaffin cells, they were no longer present after the eighth postnatal day. Maturation of phaeochromoblasts was indicated by an increase in number and size of their storage granules and a decrease in the nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio. Noradrenaline and adrenaline cell types were first clearly discernible at day 21 of gestation. Another cell type, a giant cell, was also recognized at this stage. In the adult animal, noradrenaline, two morphologically different types of adrenaline, and small granule-containing cells were observed. By applying acetylcholinesterase histochemistry, it was found that at day 17 of gestation a small population of granule-storing cells showed strong positive staining in the endoplasmic reticulum. In the adult animal this cell type was further characterized by small-storage granules. Other chromaffin cells began to show weak staining within the endoplasmic reticulum at day 19 of gestation. This staining appeared more frequently within adrenaline than noradrenaline cells. However, even in the adult animal many cells of both types were completely negative. It is concluded that acetylcholinesterase histochemistry is a useful method for early discrimination of small granule-containing cells in the developing rat adrenal medulla.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 189-198 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Rat ; Sternocostalis muscle ; Partial denervation ; Motor neuron sprouting
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    Notes: Summary The sternocostalis muscle of the rat was examined at one to five days after partial denervation and levels of terminal sprouting were assessed. The removal of one intercostal nerve caused localised degeneration which did not extend more than a few muscle fibres deep into the field of distribution of the adjacent nerve. Terminal sprouting was clearly seen at 24 h after operation and did not appear to develop further up to five days. There was no difference in the sprouting responses to section of either intercostal nerve 2, 4 or 5. There was, however, a decrease in the response with increasing distance from the cut nerve. No sprouting response was observed in the contralateral muscle. Comparison of sprouting levels of B and C type end plates revealed a greater percentage of C type end plates with sprouts. However, the response of B type end plates, considered in relation to the levels of spontaneous sprouting, was greater than that of C type end plates.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 199-210 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Hypothalamus ; Neurohypophysis ; Neurophysin ; Secretion ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Intracisternal injections of tunicamycin, an inhibitor of glycosylation, decreased the incorporation of [35S]cysteine into the neurophysins in the rat neurohypophysis. Histochemical and immunocytochemical studies showed that there was no concomitant decrease in the amount of secretory product in the perikarya of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial neurones. Indeed there was an increase, although this was not associated with neurosecretory granules as judged electron-microscopically. Tunicamycin led to the formation of socalled “colloid droplets” which were immunopositive and of which the ultrastructural correlates appeared to be product-filled dilatations of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The observations are interpreted to suggest that glycosylation plays a rôle in the packaging of secretory material in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system.
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    Cell & tissue research 215 (1981), S. 563-575 
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    Keywords: Antennal lobes ; Development ; Sexual dimorphism ; Periplaneta americana
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    Notes: Summary The postembryonic development of the antennal lobes of Periplaneta americana L. was examined with light- and electron-microscopical methods. There is no difference in the number of glomeruli and neurons in the antennal lobes of larval and adult animals. At hatching, the first larva already possesses the adult number of approximately 125 glomeruli and 500 to 560 deutocerebral neurons in the dorsolateral cell group of each antennal lobe. During postembryonic development the volume of the deutocerebral neurons increases three- to fourfold. The glomeruli of the first larva have about 7 % of the volume of the corresponding adult glomeruli. Since number, pattern, and size ratio of glomeruli (with the exception of the macroglomerulus) are constant in all larval stages and adult animals, it is possible to identify individual glomeruli. During the whole postembryonic development the ordinary glomeruli show a continuous volume increase, which parallels the increase in antennal sensory input. The macroglomerulus develops by way of special growth of two to four neuropil units, but not before the last three to four larval stages and only in males. Its growth precedes the formation of antennal pheromone receptors during the final molt; these receptors are known to project into the macroglomerulus. The development of the macroglomerulus in the last larval stages of the male may be caused by a genetically fixed growth program of specific deutocerebral neurons.
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    Cell & tissue research 215 (1981), S. 635-641 
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    Keywords: Hypothalamo-hypophysial system ; Rat ; Supraependymal axons ; Ontogeny
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    Notes: Summary The present study has utilized a correlative scanning-transmission electron microscopic technique to examine interrelations between neural elements and differentiated tanycytes and to identify supraependymal cells in the ventral region of the 3rd ventricle during the perinatal period in the rat. From the 18th day of fetal life monoaminergic and/or peptidergic axons penetrate into the ventricle between the tanycytes. After birth, they form an extensive network covering the surface of the infundibular recess. The axons possess morphological characteristics suggestive of neurohormone secretion. From the 20th day of prenatal life subependymal axons begin to “innervate” the tanycytes. Supraependymal cells differ in their shape and ultrastructure, but all of them bear resemblance to macrophages, as they contain numerous lysosomes and phagosome-like bodies.
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    Keywords: Paraventricular neurones ; Alcian-blue labelling ; Ultrastructure ; Electrophysiology ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructural characterization of electrophysiologically identified neurones of the rat paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus was performed with extracellular labelling technique. The extracellularly recorded neurones are labelled with an electrophoretic deposit of alcian blue contained in the recording micropipette. The neurone thus labelled takes on a dark and shrunken appearance which enables its detection among neighbouring cells without, however, concealing its main morphological characteristics. 1) Spontaneously firing neurones, invaded by an antidromic action potential elicited by electrical stimulation of the neurohypophysis, were identified as magnocellular cells containing dense-cored vesicles of 200–250 nm in diameter. Dense-cored vesicles were not found in the antidromically activated neurones devoid of spontaneous activity. 2) Trans-synaptically activated neurones in the PVN or in its dorso-lateral edge were small cells devoid of dense secretory vesicles. 3) PV neurones in which neurohypophysial stimulation evoked no response, contained small, dense vesicles (100 nm in diameter) comparable with those found in parvocellular peptidergic neurones.
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    Cell & tissue research 216 (1981), S. 569-580 
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    Keywords: Glial response ; Chemical lesion ; Kainic acid ; Hippocampus ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The cellular response of non-neuronal elements of the pyramidal cell layer of the rat hippocampus, especially the area CA 3, was observed electron microscopically following destruction of this formation by means of intraventricular administration of kainic acid (KA). The neuroglial cell types responding to the KA-induced lesion included astrocytes and the “microglia-like reactive cells”. In addition, numerous brain macrophages appeared in the damaged area CA 3. Oligodendrocytes and pericytes revealed no morphological changes. Swollen astrocytes were seen in the KA-induced lesion during the early stage. Glial filaments gradually developed in the soma and cell processes of these cells. Brain macrophages were seen in the KA-induced lesion during the early stage; they gradually decreased in number with time. Numerous small cells displaying a dark nucleus appeared in the damaged area CA 3 during the first two days after the KA-administration, and gradually increased in number. During the later stage this cell type could hardly be distinguished from the intrinsic microglial cells. It is open to discussion whether this cell type originates from the intrinsic microglial cells or from the hematogenic monocytes; therefore it is designated as “microglia-like reactive cell” in the present study.
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    Protoplasma 108 (1981), S. 83-98 
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Development ; Etioplast ; Prolamellar body ; Protochlorophyll ; Saponin ; Thylakoid
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    Notes: Summary Etioplasts of dark grown plants contain a large paracrystalline prolamellar body (PLB) and, attached to this there are prothylakoid membranes (PTs). PLB-tubules inAvena are composed mainly of two saponins and include only a low percentage of other lipids, protochlorophyll(ide) and proteins. Following the development of etioplasts in darkness from the very beginning until plants loose turgescence one can observe marked changes in ultrastructure. In the early stage of development predominantly PTs are seen in small etioplasts. Wide-type PLBs are small. After eight days there is a well developed stage with the well-known big and highly crystalline PLBs, which are connected to many long PT-membranes. After 13 days the PLBs are not significantly changed, while number and length of PTs are strongly reduced. These morphological observations are quantified by measurements of PLB-area and PT-length per plastid section. Saponin content as a marker for PLB-tubules and protochlorophyll(ide)-content as a marker for PT-membranes were measured. Both methods of determination show in good agreement a peak of development for PTs around day 6–7, and for PLBs around 9–10. Beginning senescence affects PT-membranes and PChl(ide) strongly, while saponins resp. PLBs persist better. These results are presented in view of thylakoid formation during greening, starting from the different etioplast stages.
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    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Calcium-oxalate crystals ; Development ; Mucilage ; Opuntia ficus-indica ; Stereology
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    Notes: Summary In the succulent tissue ofOpuntia ficusindica development of calcium oxalate crystals was followed from the shoot apex to its base, using stereological analysis. The stereological parameters relating to the crystal cells were compared with those of mucilage cells, of the same tissue. A fairly monotonic relation between the stereological parameters of the two populations was noted. The possible physiological relation between the two cell populations is discussed.
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    Behavior genetics 11 (1981), S. 145-151 
    ISSN: 1573-3297
    Keywords: Bruchidae ; Callosobruchus ; Coleoptera ; nonadditive inheritance ; oviposition behavior
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    Topics: Biology , Psychology
    Notes: Abstract As a result of different feeding regimens, two laboratory populations of the beetleCallosobruchus maculatus Fab. developed different rates of oviposition. The behavior of the F1 hybrids cannot be explained with an additive model of inheritance. The unusual pattern of inheritance suggests a sex-related factor(s) and a two-factor interaction.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 1-7 
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Japanese beetle ; Popillia japonica ; Coleoptera ; Scarabaeidae ; sex attractant ; survey lure ; phenethyl propionate ; eugenol ; synergism
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    Notes: Abstract A combination of the synthetic sex attractant (R,Z)-5-(1-decenyl) dihydro-2(3H)-furanone with a 3∶7 mixture of phenethyl propionate (PEP) and eugenol (4-allyl-2-methoxphenol) caught significantly morePopillia japonica Newman than either the sex attractant or the mixture did alone. Also, the synthetic sex attractant captured significantly more males than the PEP-eugenol did during the period of heavy adult emergence of the beetles. The two lures were not significantly different in their attractancy to males about a week later and thereafter. A combination of PEP-eugenol and virgin females in the same trap late in the season also significantly increased beetle captures.
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    Keywords: Dendroctonus brevicomis ; Ips paraconfusus ; Coleoptera ; Scolytidae ; Pinus ponderosa ; bark beetle ; exo-brevicomin ; frontalin ; myrcene ; verbenone ; ipsenol ; ipsdienol ; cis-verbenol ; attractants ; inhibition ; semiochemicals ; pheromones
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    Notes: Abstract Dendroctonus brevicomis was attracted to a mixture of theIps paraconfusus pheromones, ipsenol,cis-verbenol, and ipsdienol at 10−9 g each/μl but was not attracted to these pheromones at higher and lower release rates.I. paraconfusus was not attracted to theD. brevicomis pheromonesexo-brevicomin, frontalin, and myrcene at any release rate tested. Increased release rates of a mixture of the three pheromones ofI. paraconfusus inhibited the attraction ofD. brevicomis to its synthetic pheromones. A mixture of ipsenol + ipsdienol orcis-verbenol alone failed to cause inhibition indicating that at least two of theI. paraconfusus pheromones are required to inhibit the response ofD. brevicomis. The pheromones ofD. brevicomis did not inhibit the attraction ofI. paraconfusus to its pheromones; however, verbenone was a potent inhibitor.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 33-38 
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Coleoptera ; Bostrichidae ; Rhyzopertha dominica ; aggregation pheromone ; lesser grain borer ; grain insect pest
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    Notes: Abstract Adult males of the lesser grain borer,Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), produce a pheromone that attracts both sexes. The volatiles from males collected on filter paper or Porapak-Q were attractive in two laboratory bioassays. The mating behavior is described and the function of the phen infested with the borer.
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    Keywords: Primary attraction ; tree predisposition ; Dendroctonus ; Ips ; Gnathotrichus ; Pityophthorus ; Coleoptera ; Scolytidae ; Buprestidae ; Verticicladiella ; Pinus ponderosa
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    Notes: Abstract Detection of weakened hosts from a distance by bark beetles through olfaction was investigated in field experiments. No significant numbers of Scolytidae were attracted to anaerobically treated pine bolts, stem disks, or sugar and ponderosa pine bark including phloem. Treatment of living trees with cacodylic acid induced attacks byDendroctonus brevicomis, D. ponderosae, Ips latidens, Gnathotrichus retusus, andPityophthorus scalptor, beginning two weeks after treatment. There was no significant difference between landing rates ofD. brevicomis andD. ponderosae on screened treated trees and screened controls. There was a significant increase in landing rates ofG. retusus andI. latidens, because both species had penetrated the screen and produced pheromones. Tree frilling alone did not increase the landing rate of bark beetles. Freezing of the lower trunk with dry ice did not increase significantly the landing rate ofD. brevicomis, D. ponderosae, G. retusus, orI. latidens on screened trees, whereas unscreened frozen trees were attacked by all four species. There was no significantly higher landing rate byD. brevicomis, D. ponderosae, I. paraconfusus, I. latidens, G. retusus, orHylurgops subcostulatus on screened trees evidencing symptoms of severe infection by the root pathogenVerticicladiella wagenerii, than on symptornless trees. These experiments show thatD. brevicomis, D. ponderosae, I. paraconfusus, I. latidens, andG. retusus land, apparently indiscriminately, on healthy and stressed hosts. Thus, in these species host discrimination must occur after landing and prior to sustained feeding.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 359-366 
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Parasites ; bioassay ; Dendroctonus frontalis ; Coleoptera ; Scolytidae ; olfactometer ; bark beetles
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    Notes: Abstract An “H”-type olfactometer was designed and built to test the response of bark beetle parasites to various beetle and tree host odors. The design has several advantages over other types of olfactometers. Strong air currents are not utilized, parasites have free movement in the test chamber, and a concentration gradient of test compound is maintained. Parasites tested in the olfactometer demonstrated strong positive responses to air drawn over logs infested with bark beetle larvae and varied responses to tree host odors.
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    Keywords: Sexual dimorphism ; Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) ; Coleoptera ; Tenebrionidae ; aggregation pheromone ; behavior ; bioassay ; red flour beetle
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    Notes: Abstract Evidence for the existence of a male-produced aggregation pheromone secreted from the prothoracic femoral setiferous sex patch ofTribolium castaneum is reported. Both sexes were attracted toca. 60 ng of crude secretion. Males and females perceive the pheromone on the day of emergence while perception differs between the sexes: male response reaches a maximum on day 1 posteclosion, when tested at 〈1, 1, and 30 days; females show a maximum response at 30 days posteclosion. Behavioral responses to pheromone odors and a complex Chromatographic profile are reported.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 889-894 
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: α-Pinene ; defensive secretions ; interspecific variation ; limonene ; monoterpenes ; pentadecene ; Artystona sp. ; Coleoptera ; Tenebrionidae ; lichen ; Parmotrema reticulatum
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    Notes: Abstract The defensive secretions of four species of the genusArtystona endemic to New Zealand differ from those of other tenebrionids in that they contain α-pinene and limonene, as well as the more characteristic quinones and alkenes. Adults and larvae ofA. obscura, A. erichsoni, A. rugiceps, andArtystona sp. feed on the lichenParmotrema reticulatum (Taylor), but the terpenes are not sequestered from it. The defensive secretions of the four species show some interspecific variation.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 1135-1147 
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Ips paraconfusus ; Coleoptera ; Scolytidae ; Pinus ponderosa ; pheromone biosynthesis ; bark beetle ; myrcene ; α-pinene ; ipsenol ; ipsdienol ; cis-verbenol ; myrtenol ; attractants ; pheromones
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    Notes: Abstract Attraction of maleIps paraconfusus to male-infested ponderosa pine logs was inhibited by volatiles from logs infested with mated males and females over an 8-day period in the field. The response of females during this time was not significantly inhibited by these volatiles. Synthesis of the male-specific pheromones, ipsenol and ipsdienol, appeared negligible after 8 days in males allowed to mate with 3 females in these logs while males alone contained levels of these pheromones at about half their maximum rate. The decline in pheromone production in mated males appears to result, at least in part, from a reduction in the activity of the biosynthetic system that converts the host monoterpene, myrcene, to ipsenol and ipsdienol. Mating and feeding have apparently no effect on the biosynthetic system that converts the host monoterpene, (−)-α-pinene, to the pheromone,cis-verbenol in either males or females. The reduced production and release of pheromones by males after mating appears to play a major function in the process of terminating the aggregation phase of host colonization.
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    Keywords: Dihydromatricaria acid ; antifeedant ; acetylenic acid ; Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus ; Coleoptera ; Cantharidae ; soldier beetles ; Phidippus ; jumping spider ; bioassay ; defensive secretion ; defensive behavior
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    Notes: Abstract The acetylenic acid,Z-dihydromatricaria acid (DHMA), previously isolated from the defensive secretion ofChauliognathus lecontei, and now shown to occur also inC. pennsylvanicus, is a potent feeding deterrent to jumping spiders (Phidippus spp.). A simple bioassay withPhidippus is described, which is generally applicable to studies dealing with the isolation and evaluation of feeding deterrency of natural products from insects. By use of this assay,Phidippus were shown to be sensitive to as little as 1 μg DHMA, an amount equivalent to less than 2% of the DHMA content ofC. pennsylvanicus.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 175-182 
    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Hydrocarbons ; n-alkanes ; branched-chain alkanes ; GC-MS ; cuticular wax ; insect ; cowpea weevil ; Callosobruchus maculatus ; Coleoptera ; Curculionidae
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    Notes: Abstract The composition of the cuticular hydrocarbons of the cowpea weevil,Callosobruchus maculatus (F.), was determined by using combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The hydrocarbons constituted 88% of the cuticular lipids and were composed of four homologous series of alkanes. Mono- and dimethyl branched-chain alkanes made up 83% of the hydrocarbon fraction.
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    Keywords: Pheromone ; Rhyzopertha dominica ; lesser grain borer ; Coleoptera ; Bostrichidae ; unsaturated ester ; dominicalure ; 1-methylbutyl (E)-2-methyl-2-pentenoate ; 1-methylbutyl (E)-2,4-dimethyl-2-pentenoate
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    Notes: Abstract Volatiles from lesser grain borers,Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), were collected on Porapak Q, and those from the male beetles were shown to contain two compounds, that were attractive individually and in combination to both sexes. These compounds were identified as (S)-(+)-1-methylbutyl (E)-2-methyl-2-pentenoate and (S)-(+)-1-methylbutyl (E)-2,4-dimethyl-2-pentenoate by spectrometry and comparison with synthesized compounds. The two compounds have been assigned the trivial names dominicalure 1 and dominicalure 2, respectively. Synthesized samples of these compounds, individually and in combination, were effective in trapping both sexes in field studies.
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    Keywords: electroantennogram ; boll weevil ; grandlure ; pheromone ; Anthonomus grandis Boh. ; Coleoptera ; Curculionidae
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    Notes: Abstract Electroantennogram techniques were used to elucidate antennal olfactory response of male and female boll weevils to a dilution series of grandlure, its components, and some vicinal dimethyl analogs. At higher concentrations, response to the mixture of the two aldehyde components of grandlure was significantly higher than to the two alcohol components. Only one vicinal dimethyl analog elicited a significantly higher response than the control. There were no significant differences in response due to sex over all compounds.
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    Cell & tissue research 220 (1981), S. 125-130 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Glycogen ; Parathyroid gland ; Fluoride ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The parathyroid glands of young male rats given 150 ppm fluoride in their drinking water for 10 weeks were examined by transmission electron microscopy. As a result of fluoride ingestion, the parathyroid chief cells of the experimental animals accumulated glycogen in excess of that seen in control animals given distilled drinking water for the same time period. In the majority of active chief cells, glycogen granules were diffusely spread throughout the cytoplasm as single granules or in small deposits. Large aggregations of glycogen granules were also seen within intercellular spaces. Accompanying the increase in glycogen was a rise in the number and development of the organelles associated with protein synthesis and secretion. The accumulation of glycogen is similar to that in hyperparathyroidism caused by chronic stimulation and prolonged secretory activity of the parathyroid gland. The results of this study suggest that increased amounts of glycogen occur in hyperactive chief cells of the parathyroid in response to the ingestion of large doses of fluoride.
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    Keywords: Rat ; Adenohypophysis ; Mammotropes ; Autophagic and crinophagic lysosomes ; Morphometry
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    Notes: Summary The crinophagic and autophagic lysosomal systems were studied in mammotropes (prolactin secreting cells) of the adenohypophysis throughout the estrous cycle of the rat. By means of morphometric analysis, it was found that the volume of secondary autophagic lysosomes was usually greater than that of the crinophagic type. Although the volumes of both secondary autophagic and crinophagic lysosomes were minimal throughout proestrus and diestrus 2, the autophagic lysosomal volume per mammotrope was elevated during the estrous period. The volume of secondary crinophagic lysosomes per mammotrope increased during late estrus and remained elevated throughout early diestrus 1. Furthermore, there was an inverse relationship between the volume of mature secretory granules per cell and of the crinophagic system. These data suggest a role for lysosomes in the regulation of synthesis and secretion of prolactin by the adenohypophysis of the rat.
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    Keywords: Rat ; Pituitary ; Calcium ; Pyroantimonate
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    Notes: Summary In an attempt to assign morphologic identities to previously distinguished functional calcium compartments in the anterior pituitary of the rat, we employed the potassium pyroantimonate technique for cation localization. Tissues were incubated for In at 37°C in control medium; with 10mM theophylline; or with depolarizing amounts of potassium. Precipitate was quantified on photomicrographs of tissue prepared for electron microscopy with a Talos Systems Digitizer. The nature of the electron dense precipitate was dependent on the experimental state of the tissue. Treatment with 5 mM EGTA abolished the dense precipitate. Electron microprobe analysis also confirmed that calcium was the predominant cation in the observed precipitate. The most significant changes in precipitate deposition occurred along the plasma membrane, the limiting membrane of secretory granules and within mitochondria. Dense precipitate was present along the plasma membrane only in cells treated with potassium. Control tissue exhibited higher levels of precipitate associated with the limiting membrane of secretory granules than either theophylline-treated or potassium-treated tissue. Mitochondria contained more precipitate in potassium-treated tissue than in controls; the mitochondria of theophylline-treated tissue contained intermediate levels of precipitate. Addition of either theophylline or depolarizing amounts of potassium has been associated with hormone secretion in anterior pituitary tissue of normal rats. Kinetic studies in our laboratory indicate that intracellular calcium shifts occur. The pyroantimonate technique is useful in verifying morphologically the calcium compartments involved in shifts in intracellular calcium.
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    Keywords: Tramiathaea cornigera ; Thamiaraea fuscicornis ; Aleocharinae ; Coleoptera ; Staphylinidae ; defensive secretion ; ethyl decanoate ; esters ; undecane ; toluquinone
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    Notes: Abstract The defensive secretions of bothTramiathaea cornigera andThamiaraea fuscicornis contain undecane, toluquinone, ethyl decanoate and smaller amounts of other esters. The presence of esters particularly ethyl decanoate as a major component sets these two beetles apart chemically not only among the staphylinids but also within the subfamily Aleocharinae.
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    Keywords: Pinus ponderosa ; Dendroctonus brevicomis ; western pine beetle ; attractant ; interruption ; behavior ; pheromone ; Coleoptera ; Scolytidae ; exo-brevicomin ; frontalin ; myrcene ; verbenone
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    Notes: Abstract The catch of the western pine beetle,Dendroctonus brevicomis, at an attractive source of racemicexo-brevicomin, racemic frontalin, and myrcene was reduced by surrounding the source with a grid of 48 stations releasing all three compounds together, orexo-brevicomin alone or myrcene alone. Each compound was released at the rate of 2 mg/24 hr/station. The catch at an attractive bolt cut from a tree being colonized byD. brevicomis was not reduced byexo-brevicomin, but was reduced by the combination ofexo-brevicomin, frontalin, and myrcene in one of two tests. When a transect of traps was placed across a 0.81-hectare plot at six of the 48 stations releasing all three compounds, more beetles were caught at outer than at inner traps. More beetles were caught at unbaited traps on trees in a plot when the three compounds were released than when onlyexo-brevicomin or no compounds were released. A few trees were attacked byD. brevicomis in some of the plots. The antiattractant verbenone released from 48 stations at the rate of 4 mg/24 hr/station did not reduce the catch at an attractive tree bolt.
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    Journal of chemical ecology 7 (1981), S. 209-220 
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    Keywords: Ips paraconfusus ; Coleoptera ; Scolytidae ; phloem ; ponderosa pine ; host selection ; feeding stimulants ; extracts ; bark beetle
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    Notes: Abstract MaleIps paraconfusus Lanier bored and fed in cellulose powder substrates treated with solvent extracts of ponderosa pine phloem in preference to cellulose powder alone. Stimuli that elicit boring and feeding behavior occurred in the water extracts and the combined solvent extracts. No significant boring or feeding occurred in the methanol extract. There was a preference for, but no significant feeding in, the water partition of the ether extract. Feeding, but no preferential boring, occurred in the ether extracts.
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    Cell & tissue research 215 (1981), S. 171-179 
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    Keywords: Polychaeta, Serpulidae ; Gamete ; Larva ; Development ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Gametes and developing larvae of the polychaete Galeolaria caespitosa were examined by scanning electron microscopy. The sperm display a primitive morphology. When treated with 0.33 M CaCl2, they release a branched acrosomal process. At spawning, the polygonal oocytes have a granular surface made up of spherules and the tips of microvilli. The oocyte coat develops a ridged appearance as the oocyte rounds up. At fertilization, the microvilli are withdrawn from the coat surface. Microvilli again appear on the coat surface during the trochophore stage, but the egg coat appears to be retained as the larval cuticle until the demersal stage. The surface of the larva now shows many microvilli. Details of the organization of several ciliary structures are clarified. Moreover, the present study shows rapid, sequential development of paired setal sacs, with the most anterior pair appearing first.
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    Cell & tissue research 215 (1981), S. 397-415 
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    Keywords: Stomach ; Epithelium ; Teleost ; Development
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    Notes: Summary The development of the stomach of the teleost, Clarias lazera, during the early posthatching period, is described, and the developing stomach is compared with that of adult Clarias. The stomach develops in two distinct parts: the corpus, which differentiates first, and the pylorus. The corpus contains a mucous surface epithelium, arranged in folds, and a tubular gland system containing only one type of gland cell, to which the secretion of pepsinogen and HCl is attributed. The pyloric region does not contain tubular glands. From the ultrastructure of the gland cells, the 3H-thymidine labeling index, and the onset of acid production (as determined with pH indicators) it is concluded that a functional stomach is present in juveniles with a standard length of ± 11 mm (approximately 12 days after fertilization at 23–24° C). The ultrastructure of the intestinal epithelium has also been studied. The intestine consists of three segments, similar to those described for stomachless teleosts and a number of fish larvae. In larvae as well as in juveniles, the enterocytes of the second segment show pinocytosis of horseradish peroxidase, although in the juveniles the stomach has already developed. This second segment has the same relative length in all studied larvae and juveniles and is also present in adult Clarias. It is therefore concluded that the capacity to absorb protein macromolecules is not specifically related to the absence of a functional stomach in this teleost species.
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    Cell & tissue research 215 (1981), S. 425-430 
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    Keywords: Nuage ; Chromatoid body ; Spermatogenesis ; Germ cell determination ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Cytoplasmic structures ultrastructurally similar to the nuage are present in the cytoplasm of all spermatogenic cells in adult rats. The nuage is a discrete organelle which should not be confused with the chromatoid body. In step 7–8 spermatids transient contact is established between the nuage and the chromatoid body. This indicates a very specific recognition of the nuage by the chromatoid body. It is suggested that the nuage and the chromatoid body are separate cell organelles the functions of which are somehow related to each other.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 397-403 
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    Keywords: Pituitary gland ; Rat ; MSH-cells ; Pimozide ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The effects of pimozide, a dopamine receptor-blocking agent, were studied in the pars intermedia of the rat. The animals received 100 μg/100 g pimozide daily for 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 days. Pimozide induces ultrastructural changes after 5 days of treatment. About 50% of the MSH-cells display characteristics of stimulation. Their cytoplasm is partially or totally depleted of secretory granules. The rough endoplasmic reticulum displays a network of interconnecting cisternae and ribbon-like structures. The well-developed Golgi complexes exhibit numerous dilatations of their cisternae, which contain electron-dense material. The nerve endings are not altered. Twenty days after treatment, the above-described changes have not decreased in magnitude. The present findings suggest that pimozide stimulates the mechanism of synthesis and release in some MSH-cells, most probably the elements underlying an inhibitory dopaminergic control.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 531-552 
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    Keywords: Somatostatin fiber projections ; Brain stem ; Spinal cord ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary By use of the PAP-immunohistochemical staining technique with serial sections, somatostatin-immunoreactive fiber projections into the brain stem and the spinal cord are described. These projections originate in the periventricular somatostatin-immunoreactive perikarya of the hypothalamus and form three main pathways: (1) along the stria medullaris thalami and the fasciculus retroflexus into the interpeduncular nucleus; (2) along the medial forebrain bundle into the mammillary body; and (3) via the periventricular gray and the bundle of Schütz into the midbrain tegmentum. Densely arranged immunoreactive fibers and/or basket-like fiber terminals are observed within the following afferent systems: somatic afferent systems (nucleus spinalis nervi trigemini, substantia gelatinosa dorsalis of the entire spinal cord), and visceral afferent systems (nucleus solitarius, regio intermediolateralis and substantia gelatinosa of the sacral spinal cord). These projections form terminals around the perikarya of the second afferent neuron. Perikarya of the third afferent neuron are influenced by somatostatin-immunoreactive projections into the auditory system (nucleus dorsalis lemnisci lateralis, nucleus corporis trapezoidei). Furthermore, a somatostatin-immunoreactive fiber projection is found in the ventral part of the medial accessory olivary nucleus, in nuclei of the limbic system (nucleus habenularis medialis, nuclei supramamillaris and mamillaris lateralis) and in the formatio reticularis (nucleus Darkschewitsch, nuclei tegmenti lateralis and centralis, nucleus parabrachialis lateralis, as well as individual perikarya of the reticular formation). Targets of these projections are interneurons within interlocking neuronal chains.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 553-562 
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    Keywords: Axon hillock ; Interneurons ; Cerebellar cortex ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The axon hillock (AH) and initial segment (IS) of 10 Golgi neurons and 6 basket cells in the cerebellar cortex of the rat were investigated by electron microscopy using serial sections. An average of 10.4 and 11.3 synaptic terminals were observed to establish synaptic contact with the axon hillock region of Golgi and basket cells, respectively. Most of these terminals were identified as the varicosities of the ascending parallel fibers. It is suggested that the focal innervation of AH regions represents an excitatory input pattern which is basically different from the randomly distributed, huge, parallel-fiber input onto the dendritic trees of Golgi and basket cells. In contrast to Golgi and basket neurons, no accumulation of parallel-fiber synapses was observed around the AH of stellate cells. The IS proper of the three neuronal types were devoid of true axo-axonal synapses.
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    Keywords: Hypophysis ; Pars tuberalis ; Intercellular channels ; Subarachnoid space ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary A system of intercellular channels is described in the pars tuberalis (PT) of the female rat. These spaces are lined by all types of cells found in the PT and are not sealed off by tight junctions. Ventrally and dorsally, the intercellular spaces open toward the basement membranes separating the PT from (i) the subarachnoid space, and (ii) the perivascular space of the portal capillaries, respectively. These intercellular channels differ from the follicles, which are also found in the PT, being lined by a particular type of cell. In a second group of female rats an epoxy mixture was injected into the third ventricle; 10 min thereafter horseradish peroxidase was infused into the cisterna magna. After processing the brain for the demonstration of exogenous peroxidase, it was found that the tracer had reached the subarachnoid space adjacent to the hypothalamus and entered into all ventricular cavities with the exception of the infundibular recess. Under these experimental conditions it was found that the tracer fills all intercellular channels of the PT, thus indicating that there is no barrier between the subarachnoid space and the PT. It is suggested that the subarachnoid space should be regarded as a probable route for the transport of trophic factor(s) and/or secretory product(s) of the PT.
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    Cell & tissue research 219 (1981), S. 85-92 
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    Keywords: Circumventricular organs ; Reticuloendothelial system ; Phagocytic cells ; Horseradish peroxidase ; Cat ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The structure of mesenchymal cells distributed in some of the “hypendymal organs” of the circumventricular system in the cat and rat was demonstrated after intravenous injection of high doses of horseradish peroxidase. These cellular elements were observed in the vicinity of blood vessels of the organon vasculosum laminae terminalis, subfornical organ and area postrema. Electron-microscopically, these cells located between the basal laminae of the brain parenchyma and the blood capillaries show long cellular processes encircling fenestrated capillaries. Light and electron-microscopic examination revealed that this cell type is identical with the “horseradish peroxidase-uptake cells”, previously reported in the vicinity of the hypophysial portal system. Such phagocytic cells may be considered as a cellular component intervening between the brain parenchyma and the blood stream, playing a role in selective barrier functions in the above-mentioned circumventricular organs where a blood-brain barrier in the classical sense of the definition is lacking.
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    Cell & tissue research 219 (1981), S. 297-311 
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    Keywords: Choroid plexus (chick) ; Third ventricle ; Ependyma ; Development ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The surface morphology of the diencephalic choroid plexus (Pl. ch. v. III) was investigated by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy in chicks from the 7th embryonic day (ED) to the 8th week after hatching. Pl. ch. v. III develops on the anterior ventricular roof from a sagittally oriented fold and a few posteriorly located transverse folds. On the 7th ED no significant differences in the cell surface morphology between Pl. ch. v. III and the surrounding ependyma are observed: both are covered with cilia. During the next four days, long cell prolongations (one per cell) covered with microvilli develop first on the surface of the posterior ventricular roof and then on the posterior part of Pl. ch. v. III. These structures are transitory. On the 11th ED, round cell prolongations (one per cell) appear progressively on the entire plexus, also replacing the long ones. Now the plexus surface is distinct from the surface of the surrounding ependyma. During the last week before hatching and also after hatching, the round cell prolongations become less prominent. Simultaneously, the number of cilia per unit surface area diminishes. With consideration of earlier reports, this study suggests that the following factors are involved in the increase of the surface area of Pl. ch. v. III: (I) The pseudostratified epithelium changes into columnar epithelium. (2) Ependymal elements of the posterior roof of the 3rd ventricle contribute to the anlage of Pl. ch. v. III. In later stages, however, Pl. ch. v. III grows only by mitoses.
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    Keywords: Pineal ; Monolayer culture ; Development ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The morphological development of pinealocytes maintained in monolayer culture, without the neural and humoral effects present in the developing rat has been studied and compared with the development that occurs in vivo. Pinealocytes in 5 day cultures contained organelles that were similar to those present in the pineals of intact 5 day old rats. However, light and dark cells were not noted in culture, and the cultured cells did not have the dense granules noted in vivo. As pinealocytes developed in culture, cytoplasmic processes increased in length and number. By 21 days of culture age, synaptic ribbons were found to have decreased in number, the difference between light cell and dark cell cytoplasm had become more prominent, and dense-cored vesicles had become more numerous, just as in the developing gland in vivo. These results suggest that the complex neural and humoral factors impinging upon the developing neonatal pineal in the intact animal may not be necessary for some aspects of its ultrastructural differentiation.
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    Cell & tissue research 214 (1981), S. 257-269 
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    Keywords: Retinal projection ; Lateral hypothalamus ; Dendrites in optic tract ; Axodendritic synapses ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary This study presents evidence for a retinal projection to neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) of the albino rat. In Golgi-Kopsch material dendrites from LHA-neurons are observed to extend through the supraoptic commissures into the optic tract. The presence of dendrites in the optic tract is confirmed by electron microscopy. Numerous axon terminals are observed forming asymmetric synaptic contacts with these dendritic profiles. Following bilateral enucleation, many of the preterminal axons and terminals in synaptic contact with dendrites in the optic tract demonstrate dark degeneration. After intraocular injection of horseradish peroxidase, there is marked labeling of preterminal axons and terminals in the optic tract. These observations indicate that LHA neurons receive a direct retinal projection from terminals making synaptic contact with dendrites of LHA-neurons extending into the optic tract.
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    Cell & tissue research 214 (1981), S. 271-278 
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    Keywords: Blood-CSF barrier ; Blood-brain barrier ; Horseradish peroxidase ; Choroid plexus ; Development ; Chick embryo
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    Notes: Summary The penetration of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) from blood into ventricle via the avian choroid plexus was examined by electron microscopy in order to study the development of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). 1–20 mg HRP was injected into the allantoic vein of chick embryos between the 7th and 21st day of incubation. Until the 8th day (stage 34) the reaction products of injected HRP were observed in the interepithelial clefts at both luminal (ventricular) and abluminal sides. At the 9th day (stage 35), their penetration was blocked at most apical junctional complexes of the choroidal epithelia. At the 10th day (stage 36) and at every subsequent stage, HRP molecules were completely impeded at the apical tight junctions. These results show that the BCSFB to HRP in the avian choroidal epithelium is completely established by the 10th day, when molecules of HRP are still able to permeate between the capillary endothelia in the cerebellum and the spinal cord (Wakai and Hirokawa 1978).
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    Keywords: Cortico-cortical connections ; Degeneration ; Time course ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Adult albino rats received callosotomies or lesions in the paracingular cortex. Between 12 h and 3 months after injury the structure and topography of the degeneration products were studied by light- and electron-microscopy. The degeneration process was quantified by television-image analysis applied to sections prepared according to a new technique that stains reliably degenerating terminals and lysosomes (Gallyas et al. 1980). All types of cortico-cortical connections show a multiphasic degeneration process: During a precursor stage a small number of dense bodies and mitochondrial granules are stained. These and the few early degenerating axon terminals are much more diffusely distributed than the large number of terminals that degenerate during the following period. The terminal degeneration shows a biphasic time course. One maximum appears at 2–7 days post operation, which corresponds to the well known direct consequence of axotomy. The second peak at 10–20 days post operation could be caused by transneuronal reorganization of the cortical connectivity. Terminal degeneration always begins along the borders between cortical regions and areas, but it may change its laminar and columnar distribution pattern during the second phase. The degeneration products that are phagocytosed by astrocytes seem to be removed by intracellular transport to their perivascular endfeet. The degeneration process ends with fiber degeneration which, especially in laminae I and VI, may form a separate peak after 20 days or more.
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    Cell & tissue research 214 (1981), S. 519-527 
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    Keywords: Mitochondria ; Tubular structures ; Hepatocytes ; Circadian changes ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Subcellular structures of hepatocytes were examined at 11.00 h and 23.00h (light cycle: 06.00h–18.00h) in four adult male Wistar rats (AF/Han) per time period. 1. The volume density of mitochondria in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes obtained from peripheral parts of liver lobules shows a statistically significant difference between the two time periods examined. 2. Tubular structures arising from the outer mitochondrial membrane are clearly demonstrated. Their cisternae are continuous with the interspaces between outer and inner mitochondrial membranes. 3. These tubular structures often open directly into the cisternae of rough or smooth-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum (rER and sER) and form a “bridge” between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria. 4. At 11.00 h, the rER connected with the tubular structures often possesses very few ribosomes; at 23.00 h, the amount of ribosomes on the rER is substantially greater. Furthermore, at 23.00h ribosomes are also occasionally found on the membranes of the tubular structures. 5. The incidence of tubular structures on the outer membrane of mitochondria varies significantly between the two time periods. 6. The changing pattern of the volume density of mitochondria in the cytoplasm parallels that of the incidence of the tubular structures, i.e., both are high during the active phase and low during the resting phase of the rat. 7. These results suggest that the tubular structures may play an important role in protein transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, and in the rearrangement of rER during a 24-h period.
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    Cell & tissue research 215 (1981), S. 465-473 
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    Keywords: Vomeronasal organ ; Olfaction ; Intraepithelial blood vessels ; Rat ; Transmission electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Epithelial-vascular relationships are established during the development of the vomeronasal neuroepithelium of the rat. Special attention is given to the fine structure of the endothelial wall of intra-epithelial vessels, to ultrastructural aspects of the neuronal-vascular relationships, and to the appearance of inclusion bodies in the neuronal cells adjacent to these vessels. The neuronal perikarya surrounding the blood vessels are filled with highly developed smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Possible functional implications of the vascularization of the neuroepithelium of the vomeronasal organ in mediating olfacto-endocrine relationships are discussed. It is suggested that the intra-epithelial blood vessels are at least supportive and nutritive in nature, while their implication in an olfacto-endocrine connection remains obscure.
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    Cell & tissue research 215 (1981), S. 515-529 
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    Keywords: Pituitary ; Rathke's cleft ; Ultrastructure ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary SEM reveals that the inner surface of the pituitary cleft is lined by a continuous layer of marginal cells possessing microvillous and ciliated apical surfaces. The ciliated cells are more numerous on the posterior side (toward the pars intermedia) than on the anterior side of the cleft (toward the pars distalis). In contrast small infoldings (crypts) were occasionally noted only on the marginal layer covering the distal part of the hypophysis. In some areas of the cleft the surface features of the marginal cells are rather similar to the epithelial cells populating the upper parts of the respiratory tract in their topography and distribution. In other regions they also show striking similarities with the ependymal cells (tanycytes) lining the lateral recesses of the 3rd ventricle and the infundibular process with which the pituitary cleft has a very close topographical relationship. The parenchymal cells of the pars distalis are closely related to the flattened marginal cells of the cleft. The intercellular spaces of the pars distalis form a three-dimensional labyrinthic series of cavities continuous with the submarginal spaces of the cleft. Further SEM and TEM results demonstrate that the majority of the microvillous marginal cells lining both sides of the cleft possess surface features such as bulbous protrusions, laminar evaginations and large cytoplasmatic vacuoles, which are very likely the expression of an active transport of fluids. On the basis of these results it is concluded that the fluid-like material (colloid) present in the pituitary cleft is mainly derived from the fluids contained in the lacunar spaces of the pars distalis. Thus, marginal cells by absorbing fluids from the cleft by active endocytosis, may transport to the pars intermedia material (or hormones) produced in the distal part of the gland and vice versa. The cilia present on many marginal cells, based on their 9+2 tubular pattern, possess a kynetic role. This is very similar to that shown by the ciliated cells of the ependyma lining the brain ventricles. The occurrence of ciliated cells within the pituitary parenchyma (mainly in the follicles) suggests that they probably arise from the ciliated cells populating the marginal layer of the cleft and with which the parenchyma cells are closely related.
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    Keywords: Ventromedial nucleus ; Ultrastructure ; Estrogen effects ; Secretory product ; Lordosis ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The fine structure of the ventrolateral and dorsomedial subdivisions of the ventromedial nucleus (VMN) of the hypothalamus was examined in ovariectomized/control and ovariectomized/estrogen-treated rats to compare neurons of these areas to other neurons (specifically the ventrolateral thalamus), and to determine the effects of estrogen on these cells. The neurons of the VMN contain a large nucleus with a prominent nucleolus, rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), polysomes, a Golgi complex, coated, uncoated and dense-cored vesicles, lysosome-like bodies, inclusion bodies, multivesicular bodies, whorl bodies and myelin figures. Similar organelles were present in the neurons of the ventrolateral thalamus, although polysomes were more prominent, and the cells lacked dense-cored vesicles in the perikarya. Differences in the cells of the VMN between ovariectomized/control and ovariectomized/estrogen-treated rats included a more conspicuous stacking of the RER and greater number of dense-cored vesicles in the estrogen-treated group in both the ventrolateral and dorsomedial subdivisions. In both areas the differences were statistically significant, although more marked in the ventrolateral subdivision. In both VMN subdivisions, the increased stacking of the RER could be correlated with the greater number of dense-cored vesicles and may reflect increased biosynthesis of a secretory product.
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    Cell & tissue research 217 (1981), S. 647-659 
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    Keywords: Cell culture ; Neuro-muscular junctions ; Short-term preparations ; Mouse ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The development of neuro-muscular junctions (mouse, rat) from the time of first contact between neurons and myotubes in culture and the changes which lead to the formation of functional synaptic contacts have been investigated using light microscopy and ultrastructural techniques. An extensive basal lamina was present when the neuronal cell population was added to the developing myotubes in culture. The nerve cells were initially strongly attracted to each other and nerve cell aggregates formed rapidly. It was only when nerve fibres began to grow out of these aggregates to contact developing myotubes that changes within the cytoplasm of the two adjacent cells were observed. These developments included accumulations of filaments, membrane densities, mitochondria and large clear vesicles within both cells in the region of contact. In addition, collections of glycogen granules and an extensive membrane reticular complex were found within myotubes, and an extensive granular material filled many of the nerve processes. The basal lamina within the intercellular space appeared more electron-dense than elsewhere and was traversed by strands linking the two cell membranes. These features all appeared to be stages in the initial formation of neuro-muscular junctions. It was only after these events had occurred that presynaptic vesicles gradually appeared within the future nerve terminal. The results of this paper therefore support the view that synaptic transmission at developing mammalian neuromuscular junctions is not necessarily dependent on the presence of presynaptic vesicles.
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    Cell & tissue research 218 (1981), S. 41-58 
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    Keywords: Supraependymal cell clusters ; Ventricular system ; Development ; Hypothalamus rat ; Monosodium glutamate ; Androgenized rats
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    Notes: Summary The histological patterns of supraependymal cell clusters (CC) in rats of different ages (untreated, androgenized, and treated with monosodium glutamate) were investigated with light (LM)-, scanning-and transmission electron microscopy (SEM, TEM). These clusters were a frequent but not a constant finding. In 18 day-and older embryos, CC were always found in the recess of the olfactory bulb immediately prior to its obliteration. All other CC appear in the infundibular recess between the 3rd and the 6th postnatal day. Independent of age, all cell clusters exhibit small aggregates of subependymal tissue protruding through the ependyma. Both neurons (light cells) and neuroglia (dark cells) were found in the CC. By use of SEM, in the region of the infundibular recess it is possible to distinguish four forms of supraependymal cell clusters according to localization, size, number of cells, and presence of intraventricular axons. CC may be 1) receptors or have an additional secretory function; 2) manifestations of a pathological type of reaction of the ventricular wall; 3) possible excrescences of the neural matrix, or 4) modifications of the ventricular wall in relation to the obliteration of the ventricular recesses. The first two interpretations are not tenable based on the present observations.
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    Cell & tissue research 218 (1981), S. 75-86 
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    Keywords: Microglia ; Macrophages ; Chemical lesion ; Kainic acid ; Hippocampus ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Light-and electron-microscopic investigations of kainic acid-induced lesions revealed a marked macrophage response and “microgliocytosis”. The hematogenous origin of reactive elements, such as brain macrophages and “microglia-like reactive cells”, was demonstrated when blood phagocytes were labeled with carbon particles or horseradish peroxidase prior to induction of the kainic acid-lesion. The induced lesion showed a proliferation of microglial cells, which led to a state of “microgliocytosis” in the later stage of lesioning. Since it is now generally accepted that microglial cells in the state of “microgliocytosis” are derived from the “microglia-like reactive cells”, proliferated microglial cells in the brain lesions are probably of hematogenous origin. The relationships among the brain macrophages, the “microglia-like reactive cells” and the intrinsic microglial cells are discussed.
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    Keywords: Rat ; Lymph node ; Reticular cell ; Reticular fiber ; Elastic fiber
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    Notes: Summary Electron microscopy of the rat lymph node disclosed reticular cells in close association with bundles of collagenous fibrils 30–45 nm in diameter, and electron lucent “amorphous” substances surrounded by microfibrils 11 nm in diameter, with junctional complexes. The amorphous substances, distinctly revealed by orcein staining, and the microfibrils showed morphological characteristics of elastic fibers. Since elastase digestion of 2% glutaraldehyde fixed specimens induced the selective disappearance of the orcein-stainable substances, it was concluded that they are elastin. Elastin often had a close contact with the plasma membrane of reticular cells. It is suggested that reticular cells synthesize elastic fibers.
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    Keywords: LHRH neuron ; Synapse ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electronmicroscopy ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary In early postnatal rats, immunoreactive LHRH perikarya in the preoptic area were studied by light and electron microscopy. Synaptic junctions were found between the immunoreactive perikaryon or its process, and the immunonegative nerve fibers. The significance of these synapses is discussed in relation to possible mechanisms by which the activities of LHRH neurons are regulated.
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    Cell & tissue research 220 (1981), S. 873-879 
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    Keywords: γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) ; Autoradiography ; Thyroid gland ; Transport ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The uptake of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the thyroid gland of the rat was studied autoradiographically following in vitro incubation. High-affinity GABA uptake was localized in follicle cells, whereas C cells (parafollicular cells) in general did not accumulate GABA by high-affinity transport. The follicle cells were also the main sites of low-affinity GABA uptake. Additionally, some nerve fibres were found to accumulate GABA. The predominant localization of GABA uptake in follicle cells is discussed in view of a presumed role of GABA in thyroid function.
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    Keywords: Quinacrine ; Myenteric plexus ; Non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerves ; Guinea-pig ; Rabbit ; Rat ; ATP
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    Notes: Summary The number of quinacrine-fluorescent nerve cell bodies and the percentage of the ganglion area occupied by this fluorescence within stretch preparations of the myenteric plexus of the stomach and ileum of the guineapig, rabbit and rat were assessed. The number of quinacrine-positive cell bodies per cm2 of plexus varied between 1045 in the rabbit ileum to 2633 in the rat stomach, whilst the percentage of the ganglionic area occupied by fluorescence was approximately 10 %. The distribution of quinacrine-fluorescent nerve fibres and cell bodies in the myenteric plexus was compared to the distribution of nerves revealed by catecholamine fluorescence and by staining for acetylcholinesterase in the stomach and ileum of all three species. Quinacrine fluorescence appears to be selective for non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerves; the possibility that it binds to high levels of ATP is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 221 (1981), S. 421-430 
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    Keywords: Fluoride ; Bone ; Mineralization ; Resorption ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The femurs from rats given 120 ppm fluoride in their drinking water for 4 weeks were examined with histological, histochemical, and radiographic methods. Blood removed from the rats prior to sacrifice was analyzed for calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase. Results of this study indicated that the ingestion of fluoride produced wide osteoid seams on the periosteal surface of the femoral diaphysis within 4 weeks. The increase in osteoid appeared to be due to an increase in the number of osteoid-producing cells (osteoblasts) along with a subsequent delay in the mineralization of this tissue. The metabolic activity of osteoblasts did not appear to be affected since the intracellular production of acid and alkaline phosphatase was not inhibited. However, due to the high concentration of fluoride ingested, abnormal collagen deposition and a change in bone mineral may have combined to cause a delay in osteoid mineralization. Mineralization was also delayed in the distal femoral epiphyseal plate resulting in an increase in the number of hypertrophied cells. Resorption of metaphyseal trabecular bone, presumably formed prior to fluoride administration, was increased causing a reduction in the amount of trabeculae extending into the shaft of the femur. Concurrent with these changes in bone, the serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase remained within normal ranges.
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    Cell & tissue research 221 (1981), S. 431-442 
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    Keywords: Kidney (rabbit) ; Development ; Mesonephric nephron ; Freeze-fracture electron microscopy ; Intercellular junctions
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    Notes: Summary In freeze-fracture replicas of the entire cross-fractured mesonephros of 18 day rabbit embryos the basolateral and luminal cell faces of the different nephron segments were studied and compared with their metanephric counterparts. In the proximal tubule, the shallow zonula occludens exhibited only 1–2 strands and resembled the corresponding metanephric zonula, a very “leaky” type, which was found with a considerable paracellular flow component in sites of isotonic reabsorption. Gap junctions were restricted to the proximal tubule and were seen more frequently in its terminal segment. The distal tubule harboured two types of tight junctions. The most common type, a band of 5–8 closely parallel strands, matched the zonula occludens of the metanephric straight distal tubule. The observed particle density of the basolateral membrane (2,500±328/μm2) was less than that of the proximal tubule (2,642±306). In addition, the collecting tubule exhibited a zonula occludens of the “tight” variety similar to that which occurred in the metanephric collecting duct. Rod-shaped particles of the luminal membrane were mainly concentrated in some of the intercalated cells but also had developed on principal cells, and occasionally, in the distal tubule. The Wolffian duct, with a deep “tight” zonula occludens, had an obviously rather inactive epithelium with no conspicuous transport-linked membrane specializations.
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    Cell & tissue research 218 (1981), S. 149-160 
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    Keywords: Elastic cartilage ; External ear ; Rat ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The structure of elastic cartilage in the external ear of the rat was investigated by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The narrow subperichondrial, boundary zone contains predominantly ovoid cells rich in cell organelles: mitochondria, Golgi complex, granular endoplasmic reticulum and small (40–100 nm) vesicles. Scarce glycogen granules and bundles of 6–7 nm cytoplasmic filaments are also present. Deeper in the boundary zone, one or more cytoplasmic lipid droplets appear and cytofilaments become more abundant. Fully differentiated chondrocytes in the central zone of the cartilage plate resemble white adipose cells. They are globular and contain a single, large cytoplasmic lipid droplet. The cytoplasm is reduced to a thin peripheral rim; it contains a flattened nucleus, few cytoplasmic organelles and abundant, densely packed, cytoplasmic filaments. The intercellular matrix is very sparse. The pericellular ring consists of collagen fibrils about 20 nm in diameter and a proteoglycan cartilage matrix in the form of a “stellate reticulum”. The complex of these two structures appears in the scanning electron micrographs as a network of randomly oriented, ca 100 nm thick fibrils. Spaces between pericellular rings of matrix also contain thick elastic fibers or plates, apparently devoid of microfibrils. In scanning electron micrographs elastic fibers could be detected only in a few areas, in which they were not obscured by other constituents of the matrix. Immature forms of elastic fibers, oxytalan (pre-elastic) and elaunin fibers, were found in the perichondrial and boundary zones.
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    Cell & tissue research 218 (1981), S. 607-622 
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    Keywords: Hypophysectomy ; Median eminence ; Light and electron microscopy ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The median eminence (ME) of hypophysectomized rats was studied by means of light and electron microscopy. Paraldehyde-fuchsin (PAF)-positive material is seen in the external zone (EZ) of the ME 2–5 days after the operation. Its amount gradually increases especially in the caudal part of the ME during the following few days. Some PAF-positive fibers make contact with the subependymally located blood capillaries. In the most caudal region of the recessus infundibuli they penetrate into the third ventricle. PAF-positive material decreases markedly from the ME of rats two months after hypophysectomy and exposure to a 1% salt load. Fibers of types A1, A2 and B containing granules of 120–220 nm, 100–150 nm and 80–100 nm in diameter, respectively, are seen in the EZ of the ME in hypophysectomized rats, although almost exclusively A2- and B-type structures make contact with the primary portal capillaries in intact animals. All types of neurosecretory fibers establish contact with the subependymal nonfenestrated blood capillaries and penetrate the recessus infundibuli. Some neurosecretory terminals of different types make direct contact with the glandular cells of the pars tuberalis or are separated from them by a thin basal lamina. It is assumed that mainly neurosecretory fibers of types A2 and B are permanently connected with the primary portal capillaries in the EZ of the ME in intact mammals, while the overwhelming majority of fibers of A1-type shows ingrowth during the course of postoperative reparation. The possible physiological significance of the described changes is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 218 (1981), S. 659-662 
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    Keywords: Peptides ; Subcommissural organ ; Secretion ; Immunocytochemistry ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The results of a preliminary immunocytochemical investigation on the subcommissural organ (SCO) in rats show that (1) Reissner's fiber (RF) or essential compounds of the RF are produced by the SCO, (2) the immunoreactive material is produced in the epithelial cells of the SCO as well as in the hypendymal cells, and (3) the immunoreactive material of the SCO belongs to a category of endogenous peptides to date not demonstrable immunocytochemically in other brain structures.
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    Cell & tissue research 219 (1981), S. 159-172 
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    Keywords: Seminal vesicles ; Proliferation ; Autoradiography ; Biochemistry ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Intraperitoneal injection of p-chlorophenylalanine (pCPA) methylester (100 mg/kg body weight) results in an activation of the lysosomal system of the secretory cells in the rat seminal vesicle and an elevation of the activities of lysosomal enzymes within 15 min following the injection. Large autophagic vacuoles are formed, sequestering rough endoplasmic reticulum and part of the Golgi apparatus within 2 h. Shortly after the activation of the lysosomal system an elevation of both DNA and protein synthesis is measured biochemically. 6 h subsequent to the injection a wave of mitoses of the secretory cells begins, reaching a maximum 6 h later and then declining within 3 h. About 12 h following the injection a second rise in lysosomal activity begins, declining within 24 h. The entire sequence of lysosomal and proliferative activities is inhibited in antiandrogen-pretreated rats. Deduced from these findings the following hypothesis of growth regulation of the accessory sex glands is advanced: enhanced loss of intracellular material during autophagocytosis diminishes the intracellular concentration of a substance curtailing cell division below its effective threshold resulting in division of the secretory cells. The prerequisites of this mechanism are (i) a sufficient distributive capacity of the stroma for hormones (androgens) and metabolic precursors, and (ii) sufficient capacity of the basal cells for transporting the precursors to the secretory cells. Sloughing of the secretory cells separates them from these auxiliary structures (stroma and basal cells) and enables the basal cells to divide.
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    Cell & tissue research 220 (1981), S. 239-250 
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    Keywords: Cingulate cortex ; Monosodium glutamate ; Neurotoxic amino acid ; Cell degeneration ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The brains of neonate albino rats were examined with the light and electron microscope following subcutaneous administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG). In addition to lesions in areas known to be vulnerable to glutamate, such as the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, distinct areas of necrotic tissue were detected in the granular portion of the retrosplenial cingulate cortex. The affected cells display the cytological features characteristic of MSG-lesioned brain tissue, including vacuolization of the endoplasmic reticulum and clumping of chromatin. Numerous pyknotic nuclei can be detected as early as 3 h following treatment. The possible causes of the lesion, particularly the role that may be played by astrocytes, are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 220 (1981), S. 223-230 
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    Keywords: Immunocytochemistry ; Freeze-dried brain ; Fluid-fixed brain ; LHRH ; Somatostatin ; Neurophysin ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Immunocytochemical staining of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), somatostatin, and neurophysin was compared in rat brains fixed with 1) formalin, 2) Bouin's solution, 3) freeze-dried (FD), or 4) freeze-dried + paraformaldehyde vapor perfused (FDV). The distribution of LHRH fibers was similar in all preparations; however, beads of granular reaction product often appeared finer and more numerous in the median eminence of FD- and FDV brains. Positively stained LHRH perikarya were not observed in any of the preparations. In contrast, somatostatin-immunoreactive perikarya were present in the fluid-fixed and FD brains, although few were observed in FDV brains. Somatostatin-immunoreactive fibers were present in all preparations, but appeared most numerous in the median eminence of FD brains. Staining of neurophysin-containing perikarya and fibers was similar in all preparations. These observations suggest that the FD brain can provide a suitable tissue substrate for immunocytochemistry, demonstrating staining comparable to or surpassing that of more conventional preparations. However, staining of antigens in FD brain was not uniformly successful and may depend on stereochemical characteristics of each antigen as well as properties of the primary antisera used in the staining procedure.
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