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PREVIOUS electron microscope studies have demonstrated an abundance of vesicles 1000–3000 Å. in diameter in the terminal branches of neurosecretory axons in the neurohypophysis1, and in the sinus glands and pericardial organs of crustaceans2,3. I have recently observed that some of these neurosecretory vesicles possess a highly organized internal structure.
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KNOWLES, F. A Highly Organized Structure within a Neurosecretory Vesicle. Nature 185, 709–710 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185709b0
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