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[The caudal neurosecretory system, the other "neurohypophysial" system in fish]

Hervé Tostivint1, Fabrice Girardot1, Caroline Parmentier2

  • 1Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 7221, Physiologie moléculaire et adaptation, 75005 Paris, France.

Biologie Aujourd'Hui
|February 6, 2023
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Keywords:
Dahlgren cellscaudal neurosecretory systemcellules de Dahlgrenfishpoissonssystème neurosécréteur caudalurophyseurophysisurotensinesurotensins

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