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Science 16 July 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3681, pp. 298 - 300
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3681.298
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Medial Neurosecretory Cells as Regulators of Glycogen and Triglyceride Synthesis

Emile Van Handel 1 and Arden O. Lea 1

1 Entomological Research Center, Florida State Board of Health, Vero Beach

In the female mosquito, medial neurosecretory cells restrict synthesis of glycogen from sugar and stimulate triglyceride synthesis. Removal of these cells greatly increases the storage capacity for glycogen at the expense of triglyceride storage.

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