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WE have observed, while studying the neurohypophysis of the ferret using the electron microscope, that the mitochondria in the neurosecretory fibres are of unusual form and that this form can be modified by experiment.
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HOLMES, R., KNOWLES, F. Electron Microscope Observations on the Neurohypophysis of the Ferret. Nature 183, 1745 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831745a0
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