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Pituicyte

Known as: pituicytes 
A cell of the neural lobe of the hypophysis. It has long branching processes and resembles neuroglia. It secretes antidiuretic hormone.
National Institutes of Health

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Neuroepithelial TissuePituicytomaPituitary Gland, Posterior

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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Nerve-dependent expression of high polysialic acid neural cell adhesion molecule in neurohypophysial astrocytes of adult rats
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Characteristic localization of non-NMDA type glutamate receptor subunits in the rat pituitary gland.
1990
1990
GABA and neuropeptide Y co-exist in axons innervating the neurointermediate lobe of the pituitary of Xenopus laevis — An immunoelectron microscopic study
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Microglia in the neurohypophysis associate with and endocytose terminal portions of neurosecretory neurons
1987
1987
Stimulation of luteinizing hormone release by melittin and phospholipase A2 in rat pituitary cells
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Evidence for opiate receptors on pituicytes
A hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal enkephalinergic pathway has been described1 and the pars nervosa of the rat pituitary contains… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Magnocellular neuropeptidergic terminals in neurohypophysis: Rapid glial release of enclosed axons during parturition
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone action in cultured pituicytes: independence of luteinizing hormone release and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate production.
The secretory response of pituitary gonadotropes to stimulation by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) has been extensively… 
1975
1975
The release of [3H]gamma-aminobutyric acid and neurophysin from the isolated rat posterior pituitary
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Electron microscope studies on the fine structures of the pars nervosa and pars intermedia, and their morphological interrelation in the normal rat hypophysis.
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