The articles in this publication represent invited contributions to a symposium on Peripheral Neuroendocrine Interaction, held in Basle, Switzerland, on 30 August, 1977. This formed part of the programme of the Fourth European Anatomical Congress. The subject was selected as appropriate for review and discussion in the light of the rapid progress made in this field since the develop ment of techniques in the functional and morphological identifica tion of peripheral neurons and associated cells with an endocrine or paracrine function. Recent work has demonstrated the functional association...