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. 1971 Nov;43(3):555–559. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1971.tb07185.x

3H-Noradrenaline-accumulating ability of cholinergic nerve terminals in cat sympathetic ganglia

J D P Graham, Caroline Ivens, F Joó, J D Lever, D R Mottram, T L B Spriggs
PMCID: PMC1665787  PMID: 5157722

Abstract

1. After incubation of pieces of cat posterior mesenteric ganglion in [3H]-noradrenaline solution, the localization of the isotope was assessed by electron-autoradiography.

2. Significantly higher concentrations of [3H]-noradrenaline were found over acetylcholinesterase-positive axons terminal on ganglion cells than in adjacent background areas.

3. [3H]-Noradrenaline was not accumulated by ganglion cells under these circumstances.

4. The significance of these findings in relation to previous physiological and pharmacological investigation is discussed.

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