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Identification of a secretomotor centre in the brain of Locusta migratoria, controlling the secretory activity of the adipokinetic hormone producing cells of the corpus cardiacum

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After retrograde filling of axons terminating in the glandular lobe of the corpus cardiacum (CC) of Locusta migratoria with cobalt chloride, a paired group of about 15 cobalt containing cells was demonstrated in the lateral area of the protocerebrum. The axons of these cells run via the NCC II into the glandular lobe of the CC. These small neurons have the characteristics of secretory cells; they contain secretory granules of about 1000 Å in diameter. The axon terminals in the glandular lobe, making synaptic contacts with the glandular cells, contain secretory granules of the same size. It is therefore concluded that the cell groups in the protocerebrum control the activity of the glandular cells which produce an adipokinetic hormone. Arborizations of fibers of the lateral secretomotor cells are present in the dorsal neuropile of the protocerebrum, ventral of the mushroom bodies and along the tracts of the NCC I within the brain. It is proposed that these arborizations are sites of synaptic input. It is discussed that the axons of these cells might receive additional synaptic input in the storage lobe of the CC.

The localization of cell bodies, the axons of which enter the storage part of the CC is described. The course of the axon tracts of the various cell groups in the protocerebrum and their connections with the NCC I and NCC II are demonstrated.

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Supported by the Foundation for Fundamental Biological Research (BION) which is subsidized by the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO). The electron microscopical investigations were performed at the EM-unit of the Faculty of Biology, State University of Utrecht (Director: Prof. Dr. J.C. van de Kamer)

The author is greatly indebted to Dr. A.M.Th. Beenakkers and Dr. H.H. Boer for their active interest and helpful advise. Thanks are also due to Mr. H. van Kooten and his staff for making the macro- and microphotographs, to Mr. L.W. van Veenendaal for preparing the electron micrographs and final assistance in the preparation of the photo pages and to Mr. D. Smit, who made the drawings

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Rademakers, L.H.P.M. Identification of a secretomotor centre in the brain of Locusta migratoria, controlling the secretory activity of the adipokinetic hormone producing cells of the corpus cardiacum. Cell Tissue Res. 184, 381–395 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219898

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