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Ultrastructure of neurosecretory cells at different stages of differentiation in the preoptic nucleus of immature sterlet. 1975

I V Yakovleva, and N A Efimova, and Y I Senchik

Ultrastructure of neurosecretory cells of the preoptic nucleus in immature sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) was studies for the first time. The dorsal zone of the preoptic nucleus houses light, dark, and pycnomorphic neurosecretory cells, which contain varying numbers of elementary secretory granules measuring 1995 plus or minus 32 A in diameter. Light cells containing numerous secretory granules with a diameter of 1707 plus or minus 27 A are predominant in the middle zone. Pycnomorphic cells are absent in this zone. The ventral zone contains only poorly differentiated cells with solitary elementary granules measuring 1100-1300 A in diameter. The neurosecretory cells also differ with respect to the number and structural characteristics of their organoids. Thus, neurosecretory cells in the preoptic nucleus are found in different morphofunctional states, a circumstance that reflects the sequence of their development in ontogenesis and different phases of the secretory cycle.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007031	Hypothalamus	Ventral part of the DIENCEPHALON extending from the region of the OPTIC CHIASM to the caudal border of the MAMMILLARY BODIES and forming the inferior and lateral walls of the THIRD VENTRICLE.	Lamina Terminalis,Preoptico-Hypothalamic Area,Area, Preoptico-Hypothalamic,Areas, Preoptico-Hypothalamic,Preoptico Hypothalamic Area,Preoptico-Hypothalamic Areas
D008854	Microscopy, Electron	Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.	Electron Microscopy
D009489	Neurosecretion	The production and release of substances such as NEUROTRANSMITTERS or HORMONES from nerve cells.	Neurosecretions
D009940	Organoids	An organization of cells into an organ-like structure. Organoids can be generated in culture, e.g., self-organized three-dimensional tissue structures derived from STEM CELLS (see MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS). They are also found in certain NEOPLASMS.	Organoid
D002454	Cell Differentiation	Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs.	Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D005399	Fishes	A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013477	Superior Colliculi	The anterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which coordinate the general behavioral orienting responses to visual stimuli, such as whole-body turning, and reaching.	Colliculus, Superior,Optic Lobe, Human,Optic Lobe, Mammalian,Optic Tectum,Anterior Colliculus,Superior Colliculus,Tectum, Optic,Colliculi, Superior,Colliculus, Anterior,Human Optic Lobe,Human Optic Lobes,Mammalian Optic Lobe,Mammalian Optic Lobes,Optic Lobes, Human,Optic Lobes, Mammalian,Optic Tectums,Tectums, Optic