Neurohistological Studies of the Hypothalamo-Hypophysial System of Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (Aves, Passeriformes): With Special Attention to its Role in the Control of Reproduction: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, cartea 48/4

Materials and Methods.- The Cycles of the White-crowned Sparrow and Other Taxa of Zonotrichia.- The Hypothalamo-Hypophysial System of Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.- 1. General Outline (Gross Anatomy) and Development.- 2. Hypothalamic Nuclei—General Considerations and Magnocellular Neurons.- 3. Parvocellular Tuberal Nuclei of the Hypothalamus.- 4. Parvocellular Nuclei of the Rostral Hypothalamus.- 5. Hypothalamic Tracts to the Neural Lobe (= Pars Nervosa, =Lobus Infundibularis) and to the Median Eminence.- 6. Structural Principles of the Median Eminence.- 7. Neural Structures of the Anterior and the Posterior Median Eminence.- 8. Further Remarks Concerning the Gomori-positive Structures in the Palisade Layer of the Median Eminence.- 9. Further Remarks Concerning the Tubero-Hypophysial Fiber System of the Median Eminence.- 10. Electron-microscopic Findings: Types of Granules in the Median Eminence.- 11. Ependymal and Glial Cells of the Median Eminence and the Nuclear Regions of the Basal Tuber Cinereum.- Discussion.- Summary.- Addendum.- References.