Formaldehyde induced catecholamine fluorescence in the mouse inferior laryngeal paraganglion

1 October 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in Cell and tissue research

Vol. 173 (1) , 139-142
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00219272

Abstract

The presence of high concentrations of catecholamines is shown in the mouse's inferior laryngeal paraganglion by means of fluorescence histochemistry. In mice, the entire organ is composed of 20 to 25 small, intensely fluorescent cells of oval shape (about 15 μm in diameter). The paraganglion is well provided with capillaries. The identification of catecholamines in the inferior laryngeal paraganglion, originally described as nonchromaffin (parasympathetic) paraganglion, presents additional evidence that all paraganglia store biogenic amines, are related to the sympathetic nervous system, and belong to the APUD cell series.

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