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New Trends in Vertebrate Neurosecretion

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Neurosecretion — The Final Neuroendocrine Pathway

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In a review dealing with the physiology of the neurohypophysis published in 1968 (Farrell et al.) the authors felt that in the preceding four years little new of fundamental nature had appeared. I am not sure whether the present audience will agree with this view. I feel however that, had this really been the case, it could only have meant that those years represented a phase of seeming quiescence in which the foundation was laid for the enormous progress to take place in the last quinquennium. The papers delivered at the present symposium have reflected this progress very clearly and have left no doubt that progress in the field of vertebrate neurosecretion will continue to be rapid.

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Vollrath, L. (1974). New Trends in Vertebrate Neurosecretion. In: Knowles, F., Vollrath, L. (eds) Neurosecretion — The Final Neuroendocrine Pathway. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12587-8_29

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