Related Experiment Videos
Innervation of the pituitary gland by supraependymal neurons
D B Michael1, J C Hazlett, J A Mitchell
1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
Brain Research
|January 30, 1989
Abstract:
Retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was used to identify supraependymal neurons projecting to the pituitary gland in the hamster. Supraependymal neurons overlying the median eminence were labeled by HRP injections into the neural and intermediate lobes of the pituitary gland; no neurons were labeled following HRP injections confined to the anterior lobe. Supraependymal neurons innervating the pituitary gland may provide a means whereby cerebrospinal fluid-borne substances modulate neuro-intermediate lobe function.