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For the sensory CVOs to be responsive to circulating factors such as various hormones, peptides or ions, not only do they need the blood-brain barrier to be absent so that they are exposed to this environment, but specific receptors which bind these agents are necessary on the cell surface to specifically detect them.
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McKinley, M.J. et al. (2003). Neurochemical Aspects of Sensory Circumventricular Organs. In: The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55532-9_5
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