Cytochemical Demostration of Subtypes of Type I Cells in the Rabbit Carotid Body Chemoreceptor

Autor: Jun Xiao, Kazuo Ogawa, Yiping Ling, Guang-Ping Xu, Cisheng Zhong
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 27:51-55
ISSN: 1347-5800
0044-5991
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.27.51
Popis: Samples of carotid bodies from control and reserpinized rabbits were incubated in a sodium chromate and potassium dichromate buffer after primary glutaraldehyde fixation. Such a cytochemical staining method could show that the reserpine treatment resulted in a decrease in the electron density of the densecored vesicles to a different degree in different subtypes of Type I cells. The decrease was moderate in subtype B cells, obvious in subtype C cells, and invisible in subtype A cells. The present work offered a morphofunctional evidence for the existence of subtypes of Type I cells, and gave a hint that the different subtype cells may store different catecholamines.
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