Structure and Function of the Epiphysis Cerebri

I. Development, light microscopic anatomy and cytology, innervation and vascularization Chapter 1: Survey of the Development and Comparative Morphology of the Pineal Organ Chapter 2: Histological Structure and Cytology of the Pineal Complex in Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Chapter 3: Histological Structure and Cytology of the Pineal Organ in Birds and Mammals Chapter 4: Survey of the Innervation of the Epiphysis Cerebri and the Accessory Pineal Organs of Vertebrates Chapter 5: Histologische und Histochemische Untersuchungen an der Epiphyse von Haien* Chapter 6: On the Ontogeny of the Pineal- and Parapineal Organs in Teleost Fishes* Chapter 7: Die Gefässversorgung der Epiphyse und Paraphyse bei Reptilien* Chapter 8: The Histologic Structure of the Human Pineal Body Chapter 9: Modifications Histologiques de l'Epiphyse Humaine pendant l'Enfance, l'Age Adulte et le Vieillissement* II. Electron microscopical structure Chapter 10: Vergleichende Elektronenmikroskopische Studien am Pinealorgan* Chapter 11: Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen am Pinealorgan der Regenbogenforelle (Salmo irideus) Chapter 12: Ultrastructure and Development of Amphibian Pineal Organs Chapter 13: Further Light and Electron Microscopy of the Pineal Eye, with a Note on Thermoregulatory Aspects Chapter 14: Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopische Beobachtungen über die Struktur der Epiphysis Cerebri des Kaninchens Chapter 15: Weitere Untersuchungen zur Feinstruktur der Epiphysis Cerebri Normaler und Vorbehandelter Ratten* Chapter 16: The Epiphyseal Cell: an Electron-microscopic Study of its Intercellular Relationships and Intracellular Morphology in the Pineal Body of the Albino Rat III. Biochemistry and cytochemistry Chapter 17: Ultrastructure and Pharmacological Studies of Nerve Endings in the Pineal Organ Chapter 18: Localization of Neuronal and Parenchymal Monoamines under Normal and Experimental Conditions in the Mammalian Pineal Gland Chapter 19: Lipids in the Pineal Body of the Rat Chapter 20: Observations on the Rat Pineal in Tissue Culture Chapter 21: Activités Enzymatiques Histochimiquement Décelables dans la Glande Pinéale, chez Quelques Artiodactyles IV. Physiology, pharmacology and endocrinology Chapter 22: Physiology of the Pineal Body Chapter 23: Pineal Regulation of Body Blanching in Amp hibian Larvaexs Chapter 24: Analysis of Antagonisms between Pineal Melatonin and other Agents which Act on the Amphibian Melanophore Chapter 25: The Formation, Metabolism, and Physiologic Effects of Melatonin in Mammals Chapter 26: Uptake of 131 I-labeled Triiodothyronine in the Pineal Body as Compared with the Cerebral Grey and Other Tissues of the Rat Chapter 27: Alterations of the Pineal Lipid Content in the Rat under Hormonal Influences Chapter 28: Metabolic and Morphologic Studies on the Rat Pineal Organ During Puberty Chapter 29: Contribution à l'Etude du Mécanisme de l'Antagonisme Epiphyso-Hypophysaire Chapter 30: Influence de la Glande Pinéale sur la Sphère Génitale Chapter 31: The Pineal Gland and the Control of Electrolyte Balance and of Gonadotropic Secretion: Functional and Morphological Observations Chapter 32: Etude de la Sécrétion des Corticostéroïdes et de l'Hormone Adrénocorticotrope Hypophysaire chez le Rat Epiphysectomisé Chapter 33: Contribution à l'Etude du Comportement Corrélatif du Complexe Epithalamo-Epiphysaire et de la Zone Glomérulaire des Glandes Surrénales sous l'Influence de l'Obscurité Chapter 34: Participation of the Epithalamo-Epiphyseal System in the Regulation of Water and Electrolytes Metabolism Chapter 35: The Effect of Pinealectomy and of Lesions in the Subcommissural Body on the Rate of Aldosterone Secretion by Rat Adrenal Glands in Vitro Chapter 36: Experimental Evidence for Pineal Participation in Homeostasis of Brain Composition Chapter 37: Zur pathologischen Anatomie tierischer Epiphysen General Discussion Author Index* Subject Index