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- Title
Age-related Histological Findings in the Pineal Gland of Crl:CD(SD) Rats.
- Authors
Tomonari, Yuki; Sato, Junko; Wako, Yumi; Tsuchitani, Minoru
- Abstract
To provide background data as the pathologic basis, the pineal glands of 190 male and 193 female Crl:CD(SD) rats at ages of 0-7, 51-58, 70-85 and 111 weeks were examined histologically in this study. Mineralization and fibrosis were common findings in the aged rats, whereas they were rarely found in the young ones; mineralization was present in 7, 44, 67 and 79% of males and in 0, 32, 67 and 79% in females, and fibrosis was present in 0, 29, 48 and 44% of males and 0, 18, 40 and 35% of females at ages of 0-7, 51-58, 70-85 and 111 weeks, respectively. Striated muscle fiber appeared regularly in the fibrosis region from 51-58 weeks of age when fibrosis increased, while the origin of this fiber remained unclear. Vacuolation of pineal cells also increased with age in both sexes, though the total incidence was low. There was a low incidence of lymphocytic infiltration in both sexes, but this was not related to age.
- Subjects
PINEAL gland; LABORATORY rats; HISTOPATHOLOGY; BIOMINERALIZATION; FIBROSIS; LYMPHOKINES
- Publication
Journal of Toxicologic Pathology, 2012, Vol 25, Issue 4, p287
- ISSN
0914-9198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1293/tox.25.287