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Pineocyte
A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pineocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses. The club-shaped endings of pineocyte processes terminate in perivascular spaces surrounding capillaries. (NCI Thesaurus)
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