• Development and Reproduction
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.43-47
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• 2004

The present paper studied neurosecretory cell types and their seasonal secretory activity in the eyestalk of Palaemon macrodactylus. The samples were monthly collected in Nakdong estuary for one year. The eyestalk consisted of lamina ganglionaris, medulla externa medulla interna, and medulla terminaris. four types of neurosecretory, A-, B-, C- and D-cells are found in the eyestalk. The A-cells are located in the medulla externs. Althoush the B- and C-cells are located in the medulla interna and medulla terminalis, B-cells are predominant in medulla interna and C-cells are usually distributed in medulla terminaris. The size of D-cells are larger than other types of cells in size. The neurosecretory cells except D-cells show a remarkable change with month. The A-, B-, and C-cells are activated from March and April to July, and decreased at August.