Neurohistological Studies of the Hypothalamo-Hypophysial System of Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (Aves, Passeriformes)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 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.