Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the pituitary posterior lobe showing an axonal swelling loaded with neurosecretory granules known as Herring

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Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the pituitary posterior lobe showing an axonal swelling loaded with neurosecretory granules known as Herring bodies (dark dots) and a pituicyte glial cell (centre left).

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