pituicyte
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Pituicytes are glial cells of the posterior pituitary. Their main role is to assist in the storage and release of neurohypophysial hormones.
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It is catalogued under the topic Histology.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Cell.Name
- Pituicyte
- Cell.Latin
- pituicytus
- Cell.Location
- Posterior pituitary
- Cell.Function
- Glial cell
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- native label
- pituicytus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Structure
- Function
- Clinical significance
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Pituicytes are glial cells of the posterior pituitary. Their main role is to assist in the storage and release of neurohypophysial hormones.
==Structure== Pituicytes are located in the pars nervosa of the posterior pituitary and interspersed with unmyelinated axons and Herring bodies. They generally stain dark purple with an H&E stain and are among the easiest structures to identify in the region. Pituicytes have an irregular and branched shape which resembles that of another type of glial cell: the astrocyte. Like astrocytes, their cytoplasm presents specific intermediate filaments made up of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).
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