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Category:GO:1990623 ! Herring body
name: Herring body
namespace: cellular_component
def: "The dilated terminal portions of neurosecretory axons constituting the hypothalamohypophyseal tract, found in close proximity to sinusoidal capillaries in the posterior pituitary. Herring bodies consist of aggregates of membrane-bound neurosecretory vesicles where oxytocin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH) are stored prior to release. Each Herring body also contains ATP and either neurophysin I or neurophysin II which bind to oxytocin and ADH, respectively." [ISBN:0199652473, Wikipedia:Herring_bodies]
synonym: "neurosecretory body" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0043679 ! axon terminus
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:1990623</GOterm>
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