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The anterior pituitary of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa, was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The cells of the adenohypophysis are arranged in follicles surrounded by connective tissue. Five cell types containing granules and one agranular cell type were identified. At the present state of the study the function of these cells remains open to discussion.
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This study was supported by the Austrian “Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung” (Grant no. 4070) and the “Stiftungs- und Förderungsgesellschaft der Paris Lodron-Universität in Salzburg”. The authors are grateful to the Director of the Biological Station in Drøbak (Norway), Amanuensis Finn Walvig, for procuring the material
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Patzner, R.A., Erhart, G. & Adam, H. Cell types in the adenohypophysis of the hagfish, Myxine glutinosa (Cyclostomata). Cell Tissue Res. 223, 583–592 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218478
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