A brain-Hatschek's pit connection in amphioxus

Authors
Gorbman, A Nozaki, M Kubokawa, K
Citation
A. Gorbman et al., A brain-Hatschek's pit connection in amphioxus, GEN C ENDOC, 113(2), 1999, pp. 251-254
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
ISSN journal
00166480 → ACNP
Volume
113
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
251 - 254
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6480(199902)113:2<251:ABPCIA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In the adult lancelet, Branchiostoma belcheri, there is a lobe of the right ventral margin of the brain that extends around the right side of the noto chord and makes contact with Hatschek's pit, which also is to the right of the midline. This structural system resembles the hypothalamo-adenohypophys eal system of vertebrates and appears to make possible seasonal nervous reg ulation of the release of gonadotropin, (C) 1999 Academic Press.