Neurohistological Studies of the Hypothalamo-Hypophysial System of Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (Aves, Passeriformes)

With Special Attention to its Role in the Control of Reproduction

von D. S. Farner, A. Oksche

140 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Materials and Methods.- The Cycles of the White-crowned Sparrow and Other Taxa of Zonotrichia.- The Hypothalamo-Hypophysial System of Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.- 1. General Outline (Gross Anatomy) and Development.- 2. Hypothalamic Nuclei-General Considerations and Magnocellular Neurons.- 3. Parvocellular Tuberal Nuclei of the Hypothalamus.- 4. Parvocellular Nuclei of the Rostral Hypothalamus.- 5. Hypothalamic Tracts to the Neural Lobe (= Pars Nervosa, =Lobus Infundibularis) and to the Median Eminence.- 6. Structural Principles of the Median Eminence.- 7. Neural Structures of the Anterior and the Posterior Median Eminence.- 8. Further Remarks Concerning the Gomori-positive Structures in the Palisade Layer of the Median Eminence.- 9. Further Remarks Concerning the Tubero-Hypophysial Fiber System of the Median Eminence.- 10. Electron-microscopic Findings: Types of Granules in the Median Eminence.- 11. Ependymal and Glial Cells of the Median Eminence and the Nuclear Regions of the Basal Tuber Cinereum.- Discussion.- Summary.- Addendum.- References.

• Reihe: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
• Themen: Medizin Medizin / Gesundheitswesen, allgemein
• ISBN: 9783540065869
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.1974
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Springer