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Fine Structure of the Neurosecretory System in Lepidoptera

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THE following is a short account of an electron microscope study of neurosecretory cells found in three lepidopterous insects, Bombyx mori, Philosamia cynthia ricini and Papilio xuthus. I believe I may have succeeded in observing early stages in the formation of secretory granules in the perikarya of neurosecretory cells of the intercerebralis.

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NISHIITSUTSUJI-UWO, J. Fine Structure of the Neurosecretory System in Lepidoptera. Nature 188, 953–954 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188953b0

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