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SYNAPTIC contacts between neurosecretory fibres and pituicytes have been demonstrated in the eel, and the suggestion made that this association might form part of a mechanism for feed-back of information to the hypothalamus1. Recent experimental investigations support this view.
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KNOWLES, F., VOLLRATH, L. A Functional Relationship between Neurosecretory Fibres and Pituicytes in the Eel. Nature 208, 1343 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081343a0
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