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Histochemical studies on the neurosecretory system of the common garden lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin) under experimental condition

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Histochemical localizations of various substances in the hypothalamic neuro-secretory cells as well as neurohypophysis of the normal and stressed (scalded) garden lizards, Calotes versicolor suggest that the neurosecretory materials, secreted by the hypothalamic neurones may be a mucoprotein-lipoprotein complex which is finally stored in the neuro-hypophysis. Only the proteinaceous fraction of this complex appears to be released by the nerve terminals in the neurohypophysis under the stressed condition. Such suggestion implies a chemical transformation of neurosecretory substances after leaving the neurosecretory cell body.

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    S. K. Banerjee

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Banerjee, S.K. Histochemical studies on the neurosecretory system of the common garden lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin) under experimental condition. Histochemie 23, 59–62 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00309490

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