PUBLICATION
The neurohypophysis: fishing for new insights
- Authors
- Gutnick, A., and Levkowitz, G.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-120514-9
- Date
- 2012
- Source
- Journal of neuroendocrinology 24(6): 973-974 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Gutnick, Amos, Levkowitz, Gil
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Axons/physiology
- Humans
- Neurons/physiology
- Pituitary Gland, Posterior/cytology
- Pituitary Gland, Posterior/metabolism
- Pituitary Gland, Posterior/physiology*
- PubMed
- 22574994 Full text @ J. Neuroendocrinol.
Citation
Gutnick, A., and Levkowitz, G. (2012) The neurohypophysis: fishing for new insights. Journal of neuroendocrinology. 24(6):973-974.
Abstract
The neurohypophysis is a neurovascular interface through which the brain regulates peripheral organs to maintain homeostasis. The molecular mechanisms underlying its formation are poorly understood, although the emergence of new genetic and imaging tools has begun to yield new insights. In a recent study, researchers discovered that, in embryonic zebrafish, oxytocin secreted from hypophyseal axons serves as a local angiogenic cue that pulls in nearby blood vessels.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping