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IT is well known that the generalized pattern of the neurosecretory system of an insect consists of the medial and lateral groups of neurosecretory cells in the protocerebrum, the medial and lateral neurosecretory pathways and the corpora cardiaca1,2. The A- and B-materials elaborated by these groups of cells are transported along their respective pathways to be stored in the corpora cardiaca, from where they are released into the general blood circulation to fulfil specific physiological functions. In an insect, therefore, the corpora cardiaca are considered to form the storage-and-release (neurohaemal) organ for the two types of materials.
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DOGRA, G. Neurosecretory System of Heteroptera (Hemiptera) and Role of the Aorta as a Neurohaemal Organ. Nature 215, 199–201 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215199a0
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