Persistent photoreceptor cells

Japanese: 遺残性光受容細胞 - いざんせいこうじゅようさいぼう
Persistent photoreceptor cells

…In the pineal gland of birds and reptiles, the outer segment of the sensory cells begins to degenerate, and the number of secretory granules with a diameter of about 100 nm increases in the cytoplasm. Such pineal sensory cells are called "residual photoreceptor cells." Mammalian pineal cells have already lost their outer segment and lost their photoreceptive ability, but in rodents, cilia develop and the outer segment structure begins to form after 1-2 weeks of age, but sooner or later they degenerate. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "persistent photoreceptor cells" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…鳥類や爬虫類の松果体では,感覚細胞は外節に退化傾向がみられるようになり,細胞質内に直径約100nmの分泌顆粒が増加する。このような松果体感覚細胞は〈遺残性光受容細胞〉と呼ばれる。哺乳類の松果体細胞はもはや外節を失い,光受容能を失活させているが,齧歯(げつし)類では生後1~2週後に,松果体細胞の繊毛が発達し,外節構造を形成しかけるが早晩退化する。…

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