tuberohypophysial tract

tuberohypophysial tract
tuberoinfundibular tract a group of nerve fibers arising in the cells of the infundibular nucleus and related nuclei of the intermediate hypothalamic region, believed to provide a neurosecretory pathway associated with the control of secretory activity by the adenohypophysis.

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