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In the world of neurosecretion, the mammalian magnocellular neurons that secrete oxytocin and vasopressin provide excellent models for studying the relationship between electrical activity and hormone release. Their cell bodies are grouped in well-defined areas of the hypothalamus, the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei; their axons leave the nuclei, course in the hypothalamo-neurohy-pophyseal tract and terminate in the neural lobe of the hypophysis. In the neurohypophysis, their secretory products are released directly into the bloodstream and thus can be readily assayed by various methods. These magnocellular neurons constitute, then, a system whose anatomical organization, products of secretion, and patterns of hormone release are rather well established.
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Poulain, D.A., Theodosis, D.T. (1988). Coupling of Electrical Activity and Hormone Release in Mammalian Neurosecretory Neurons. In: Ganten, D., Pfaff, D., Pickering, B. (eds) Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Neuroendocrine Systems. Current Topics in Neuroendocrinology, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73495-3_3
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