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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gutnick A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4387193 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Developmental cell 20111001 4
The hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system (HNS) is the neurovascular structure through which the hypothalamic neuropeptides oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin exit the brain into the bloodstream, where they go on to affect peripheral physiology. Here, we investigate the molecular cues that regulate the neurovascular contact between hypothalamic axons and neurohypophyseal capillaries of the zebrafish. We developed a transgenic system in which both hypothalamic axons and neurohypophyseal vasculature ...[more]