title: [Preliminary studies on the argyrophilic cells of the human hypophysis].
abstract: Appropriate technics such as Bodian's method prove the presence of very numerous argyrophilic cells in the human adenohypophysis in the enfant as well as in the adult. This population of argyrophilic cells is heterogenous, cytoimmunological tests demonstrate that a lot of them belong to the groups of gonadotropic cells. On the other hand, no argyrophilic cell stains positively with Falck's technic. The exposure of human lyophilised hypophysis to formaldehyd vapours reveals the existence of many fluorescent cells but comparisons prove certainly that these elements square only with the beta cells, in fact with the cells responsible for corticotropin secretion.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000166:cytology*; D012834:Silver / Q000378:metabolism; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D012834:Silver
vernacular_title: Recherches préliminaires sur les cellules argyrophiles de l'hypophyse humaine