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... neural organ component , a feedback loop . It includes fibers of the optic nerve which syn- apse in the pretectal nucleus , then go to the Edinger- Westphal nucleus , from which parasympathetic fibers lead to the ciliary ganglion and ...
... neural organ component , a feedback loop . It includes fibers of the optic nerve which syn- apse in the pretectal nucleus , then go to the Edinger- Westphal nucleus , from which parasympathetic fibers lead to the ciliary ganglion and ...
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... neural processes are converted into a chemical neuro- humoral transmitter code used at the organism level . ( b ) ... neural organ or from one neural organ to another , the same neurons that also include encoder structures . At the organ ...
... neural processes are converted into a chemical neuro- humoral transmitter code used at the organism level . ( b ) ... neural organ or from one neural organ to another , the same neurons that also include encoder structures . At the organ ...
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... neural tract . The remainder of the structure , the anterior lobe , is ectodermal in origin , and its secretory cells probably have no innervation . Each adrenal gland also has two parts - a neural component , the medulla , which is ...
... neural tract . The remainder of the structure , the anterior lobe , is ectodermal in origin , and its secretory cells probably have no innervation . Each adrenal gland also has two parts - a neural component , the medulla , which is ...
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