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Appearance and innervation of CHH-producing cells in the eyestalk of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus examined after tracing with Lucifer Yellow

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By injection of the fluorescent dye Lucifer Yellow into individual Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone (CHH)-producing cells, the shape of these neurosecretory cells in the eyestalk of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus can be traced. A highly fluorescent perikaryon gives rise to an axon that can be followed by the fluorescent label to the neurohemal region, the sinus gland. The proximal part of that axon sends out extensive branches into the neuropil of the medulla terminalis. Electron-microscopic investigations reveal synaptic input to these axonal ramifications.

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Gorgels-Kallen, J.L. Appearance and innervation of CHH-producing cells in the eyestalk of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus examined after tracing with Lucifer Yellow. Cell Tissue Res. 240, 385–391 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222350

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