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The angioarchitecture of the pineal organ of the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) was investigated by means of the corrosion-cast preparation method and scanning electron microscopy. Two main arteries (aa. epiphyseales) supply the pineal parenchyma. They emerge from the aa. cerebri anteriores and run in the fissure between the prosencephalon and the mesencephalon. After entering the pineal stalk, the aa. epiphyseales branch off into several arterioles, most of which extend to the pineal end-vesicle where they give rise to a lobular, bilaterally symmetric capillary network. Capillaries establishing the main portion of the pineal vessels appear widened in comparison to those supplying other portions of the brain and resemble capillaries in other endocrine organs. In Salmo gairdneri, no specialized system of portal vessels appears to exist between the pineal organ and other portions of the brain.
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Syed Ali, S., Korf, H.W. & Oksche, A. Microvasculature of the pineal organ of the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Cell Tissue Res. 250, 425–429 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219087
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