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Pineal gland, chicken – histology slide
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Histology of the pineal gland. Frozen section of the pineal gland stained with H&E. The pineal follicles (*) comprise pinealocytes and supportive cells arranged as epithelium. Prominent interstitial septa separate individual follicles. Several large accumulations of mononuclear (MN) cells, forming the PALT (bordered by the dashed black lines) are seen. Bar indicates 200 μm.
Citation: Mosenson, J.A., McNulty, J.A. Characterization of lymphocyte subsets over a 24-hour period in Pineal-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (PALT) in the chicken. BMC Immunol 7, 1 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-7-1
Source: BMC Immunology article
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