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Pituitary of "cobalt" variant of the rainbow trout separated from the hypothalamus lacks most pars intermedial and neurohypophysial tissue.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Oct 1993
Kaneko T, Kakizawa S, Yada T
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Adenohypophysial cell types and neurohypophysial tissues were investigated in the cobalt variant of the rainbow trout, which possesses an irregularly-shaped pituitary. The pituitary remnant was completely detached from the hypothalamus in all but one fish, in which a remnant was associated with the hypothalamus. Prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) cells were predominant cell types in all pituitary remnants,...
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