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The Photoreceptive Capacity of the Developing Pineal Gland and Eye of the Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) by R. G. Foster; I. Provencio; P. H. M. Bovee-Geurts; W. J. DeGrip is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Photoreceptive Capacity of the Developing Pineal Gland and Eye of the Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) about?

## Abstract Anatomical and physiological studies have suggested that the pineal gland of neonatal mammals has a photoreceptive capacity. Using the golden hamster (__Mesocricetus auratus__) as our model, we applied biochemical approaches to look for a functional photopigment within the pineal during early development. Immunocytochemistry and enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to localize and quantify opsin, and high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to identify photopigment chromophore (11‐__cis__ and all‐__trans__ retinaldehyde) in the developing eye and pineal. For HPLC analysis, retinaldehydes were converted to their corresponding retinoid oximes. Eluted retinoids were identified by comparison with standard vitamin A~1~ retinoid oxime isomers on the basis of relative elution sequence and characteristic absorbance spectra. Both immunocytochemistry and ELISA suggested an increase in the opsin content of the pineal during the first week of life. In the eye, 11‐__cis__ retinaldehyde was first detected between days 3 and 5 after birth. In three separate extractions, and using a considerable excess of pineal tissue, we failed to identify chromophore within the p

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Author
R. G. Foster; I. Provencio; P. H. M. Bovee-Geurts; W. J. DeGrip
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0953-8194)
Published
2003
Language
EN
Field
Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

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