Pevet P
J Neural Transm. 1977;40(4):289-304. doi: 10.1007/BF01257021.
The different categories of cells described by many authors in the pineal gland of mammals have been critically considered. In some mammalian species, two different populations of pinealocytes have been observed. To each of these populations a specific secretory process can be attributed. One is characterized by the formation of granular vesicles originating from the Golgi apparatus, the other by the formation of material directly from the cisterns of the granular endoplasmic reticulum. Both of these secretory processes appear to be also present in the pineal of the mole, the hedgehog, and the rat, mammals in which generally only one population of pinealocytes has been described. The physiological consequences of these findings have been discussed.
许多作者所描述的哺乳动物松果体中不同类型的细胞已得到批判性考量。在一些哺乳动物物种中，已观察到两种不同的松果体细胞群。可以将特定的分泌过程归因于每一种细胞群。一种的特征是形成源自高尔基体的颗粒小泡，另一种则是直接从颗粒内质网的潴泡形成物质。这两种分泌过程似乎也存在于鼹鼠、刺猬和大鼠的松果体中，而在这些哺乳动物中通常只描述了一种松果体细胞群。已对这些发现的生理后果进行了讨论。
