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Evidence is given of diurnal rhythms in the mean number of dense-core vesicles surrounding a Golgi complex in the perikaryon of light rabbit pinealocytes and of those present per terminal of light pinealocyte processes. These rhythms show their top at noon and in the evening, respectively.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr.W. Birkmayer at the occasion of his 65th birthday.
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Romijn, H.J., Mud, M.T. & Wolters, P.S. Diurnal variations in number of Golgi-dense core vesicles in light pinealocytes of the rabbit. J. Neural Transmission 38, 231–237 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01249440
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