The Caudal Neurosecretory System: A Still Enigmatic Second Neuroendocrine Complex in Fish
The Caudal Neurosecretory System: A Still Enigmatic Second Neuroendocrine Complex in Fish
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Basel, Switzerland: Karger
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The caudal neurosecretory system (CNSS) is a neuroendocrine complex, whose existence is specific to fishes. In teleosts, it consists of neurosecretory cells (Dahlgren cells) whose fibers are associated with a neurohemal terminal tissue (urophysis). In other actinopterygians as well as in chondrichthyes, the system is devoid of urophysis...
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The Caudal Neurosecretory System: A Still Enigmatic Second Neuroendocrine Complex in Fish
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1159_000536270
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1159_000536270
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0028-3835
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1423-0194
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10.1159/000536270
