Figure 3
Parasagittal section through the mediobasal hypothalamus and pituitary of the rat illustrating schematically the location of axonal projections of A14 periventricular-hypophysial (PH) DA neurons, and their role in mediating stress-induced αMSH secretion.  Abbreviations: AL, anterior lobe; IL, intermediate lobe; ME, median eminence; NL, neural lobe. 

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published 2000