Macromolecular Synthesis in the Endocrine, Nervous and Sensory Systems

Abstract

This chapter deals with the last forth part of the application of microscopic radioautography to the organ systems, including the endocrine system, the nervous system and the sensory organs. The endocrine system includes the hypophysis, the pineal body, the thyroid gland, the parathyroid gland, the thymus, the adrenal gland, the islet of Langerhans and the reproductive glands, i. e. the testis and the ovary. The nervous system includes the central nervous system, i.e. the brains and spinal cord and the peripheral nerves, i.e. the ganglion and nerves, while the sensory system includes, the skin, the visual, the stato-acoustic, the olfactory and the gustatory organs. We have studied some of these organs, not all of them yet.