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Stereologic Studies on Mitochondrial Configuration in the Rat Pinealocytes
Author(s) -
Krakowski Gerhard,
Cieciura Leszek
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of pineal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1600-079X
pISSN - 0742-3098
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-079x.1985.tb00711.x
Subject(s) - pinealocyte , inner mitochondrial membrane , stereology , membrane , biology , mitochondrion , biophysics , bacterial outer membrane , anatomy , chemistry , pineal gland , microbiology and biotechnology , melatonin , biochemistry , neuroscience , endocrinology , escherichia coli , gene
Stereologic studies were performed on rat pinealocytes. In the morphometric analysis the following parameters were taken into consideration: the volume density of the outer and inner membranes, surface areas of the outer and inner membranes, inner membrane to outer membrane surface area ratio, volumes of the outer and inner compartments, and partition coefficients of these compartments. Visual analysis demonstrated three mitochondrial configurational states. Based on the mitochondrial criteria, the existence of three pinealocyte types may be demonstrated. The authors believe that these are the cells in three different functional states.