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The activated hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory system of the rat was studied in tissue sections, double stained with the unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase complex (PAP) technique. The results indicate that in animals with an activated hypothalamic magnocellular neuroendocrine system, as well as in normal animals, vasopressin and oxytocin are exclusively synthesized in separate vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic neurons.
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This investigation was supported by a grant from the Belgian Nationaal Fonds voor Geneeskundig Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
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Vandesande, F., Dierickx, K. The activated hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory system and the one neuron -one neurohypophysial hormone concept. Cell Tissue Res. 200, 29–33 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236884
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