neurosecretoryadj.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)sᵻˈkriːt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊroʊˈsikrəˌtɔri/; see also secretory adj. Physiology.
Performing, produced by, or relating to neurosecretion.
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neurocrine1925
neurosecretory1936
1936 J. Z. Young in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 78 377 Since these cells appear to be of nervous origin and..they probably have a secretory function, it is proposed to call them neurosecretory cells.
1940 Nature 17 Feb. 264/1 (heading) Neurosecretory cells in the ganglia of Lepidoptera.
1956 Nature 17 Mar. 532/1 In the cockroach, activity rhythms may have a neurosecretory basis.
1963 R. P. Dales Annelids viii. 166 In Nephthys the cells in the blood greatly increase and take up neurosecretory material from the back of the brain during posterior regeneration following amputation.
1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xxiii. 413 This supreme command post of the endocrine system directs the activity of the anterior pituitary by neurosecretory mediator substances called releasing factors.
1989 E. Lawrence Guide Mod. Biol. xiii. 482 It contains specialized neurosecretory neurones that secrete various small peptides.
1994 Guardian 12 May ii. 11/2 We were the first to understand how neurosecretory cells ensure the suckling reflex works.
2000 Arch. Pathol. & Lab. Med. 124 135 Neurosecretory granules were detected in some tumor cells on electron microscopic examination.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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