The magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system display remarkable neuropeptidergic phenotypes leading to novel insights in neuronal cell biology.

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For decades the magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamo-neurophypophyseal system (HNS), in which either vasopressin or oxytocin are produced and released into the bloodstream, have been playing a pivotal role in fundamental discoveries in the nervous system. The primary structure of vasopressin and oxytocin was the first of all neuropeptides to be published, i.e., in the 1950s by the Nobel prize laureate Du...

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