Talk:Herring body

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 Definition Very large swellings in the axons of the neurosecretory neurons that innervate the posterior pituitary gland, that are the sites of autophagic degradation of aged neurosecretory vesicles. [d] [e]
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Felt this was needed because these are incorrectly described in other online encyclopedias.Gareth Leng 16:32, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

But what does the poor fish have between head and tail? Howard C. Berkowitz 19:27, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Just bones as far as I remember from eating kippers :-)Gareth Leng 08:34, 8 April 2010 (UTC)