neurosecretory

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neu·ro·se·cre·tion

 (no͝or′ō-sĭ-krē′shən, nyo͝or′-)
n.
1. The secretion of substances, such as hormones, by nerve cells.
2. A substance secreted by this process.

neu′ro·se·cre′to·ry (-krē′tə-rē) adj.
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neurosecretory

(ˌnjʊərəʊsɪˈkriːtərɪ)
adj
(Physiology) physiol participating in or causal of neurosecretion; pertaining to neurosecretion
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Neurosecretory dysfuntion of growth hormone secretion in thalassemia major.
Adenocarcinoma with Paneth cell-like neuroendocrine differentiation is characterized by the presence of cells with bright eosinophilic granules that are positive for neuroendocrine markers and ultrastructurally contain neurosecretory granules.
Neuronal and non-neuronal control of the neurosecretory caudo-dorsal cells of the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis (L.).
In other prosobranchs, neurosecretory cells have been demonstrated in the cortex using ancillary techniques (Voltzow 1994), but these have not been identified in the queen conch.
Botulinum neurotoxin dose-dependently inhibits release of neurosecretory vesicle-targeted luciferase from neuronal cells.
In the cortex of all ganglia, three cell types of different sizes were observed: i) large cells with abundant cytoplasm, and triangular and elongated shape of 10 mm of average size, characterized by a large nucleus (6 mm) highly euchromatinic with an evident nucleolus, resembling neurosecretory "type A" cells described by Gallardo in the mussel Semimytilus algosus; ii) rounded cells of scarce cytoplasm, 6-7 mm in average size, known as "granular cells", and iii) cells of small size 3-4 mm on average, known as "glial cells" (Figs.
SG, which consists of many axons of neurosecretory cell, is a neurological circulatory organ with the function of hormone storage and release.
Neurosecretory granules in small cell invasive carcinoma of the urinary bladder.
The migration of granules of pigment inside crustaceans chromatophores provides an excellent model for understanding cytoplasmic movements, given the antagonist peptide neurosecretory of the granules translocation.
They contain eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions and, unlike true Paneth cells, lack lysozyme, but express neuroendocrine markers and show neurosecretory granules on electron microscopy, which makes them more similar to the cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system.
Serrano, "Fibrolamellar hepatic tumor with neurosecretory features and systemic deposition of AA amyloid," Ultrastructural Pathology, vol.
NETs are rare entities that arise from neurosecretory cells, which can be found in several organ systems throughout the body.
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