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- Kannisto, P, et al.
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Intraovarian adrenergic nerves in the guinea-pig : development from fetal life to sexual maturity
- 1984
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Ingår i: Cell and Tissue Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0302-766X .- 1432-0878. ; 238:2, s. 40-235
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of the intraovarian adrenergic nervous system was investigated in the guinea-pig by use of chemical determination of catecholamines with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and with the formaldehyde-induced fluorescence method for visualization of adrenergic nerves (Falck-Hillarp technique). Ovaries from fetuses (39-40, 45-50, 55-57, 60-63 days of gestation) and young animals (1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 30, 40-45 days of age) were included in the study. The noradrenaline concentration was low in the ovaries from the youngest fetuses but increased with age, reaching a maximum level at 2 days post partum. A marked decrease in noradrenaline concentration from the second to the third day of life was found as a consequence of the rapid increase in the ovarian weight during this time. A similar decrease in ovarian noradrenaline concentration after a period of rapid ovarian growth was noted at 30 days of age. Measurable amounts of adrenaline were found in the ovary only in the fetal stages; the highest concentration (0.73 microgram) was detected at 55-57 days of gestation.
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- Sporrong, B, et al.
(författare)
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Histochemistry and ultrastructure of adrenergic and acetylcholinesterase-containing nerves supplying follicles and endocrine cells in the guinea-pig ovary
- 1985
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Ingår i: Cell and Tissue Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0302-766X .- 1432-0878. ; 240:3, s. 11-505
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The autonomic nerve supply of the guinea-pig ovary was investigated by a combination of light- and electron microscopy. At the light-microscopic level, adrenergic fibres were identified due to their formaldehyde-induced fluorescence. In addition, the ovary contained acetylcholinesterase-positive fibres. In all parts of the ovary, the adrenergic fibres were most numerous. At the ultrastructural level it was possible to identify the adrenergic nerve terminals with the aid of the false adrenergic transmitter, 5-hydroxy-dopamine. Thus, large numbers of adrenergic terminals, characterized by their content of 50-60 nm, electron-dense synaptic vesicles, were seen within the interstitial gland, where they formed close contacts with the endocrine cells (membrane-to-membrane distance, 20-100 nm). The follicular theca externa was also richly supplied by adrenergic nerves. At this location, close contacts (50-100 nm) were identified between the nerve terminals and the smooth muscle-like cells. Very few adrenergic nerve fibres were present in the theca interna of follicles or in the corpus luteum. Non-adrenergic nerve terminals, characterized by electron-lucent synaptic vesicles of 50-60 nm diameter, were observed together with the adrenergic fibres. They were always present in much lower numbers than the latter. No "p-type" nerves were identified by electron microscopy.
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