MONOAMINERGIC MECHANISMS IN NERVOUS TISSUE.
Abstract
Using the sensitive and specific fluorescence method of FALCK and HILLARP in combination with histochemical methods for cholinesterases, electronmicroscopy and biochemical methods for the localization and estimation of the monaomines, their immediate precursors, and the pertinent enzymes, monoaminergic mechanisms are studies in a broad comparative material. Monoaminergic mechanisms constitute a considerable part in many invertebrate nervous systems and have been studied in detail in numerous species. These studies also led to the finding of a hitherto unknown type of nerve cell i.e. a catecholamine-containing sensory or senso-motoric neuron that has now been localized and mapped out in many species. A comprehensive study on the innervation of the eye and its adnexa has been completed. A characterization of the adrenergic and cholinergic receptors in the hearts of the lamprey and the plaice has been performed. The significance of monoaminergic mechanisms for the development of ventricular fibrillation during induced hypothermia has been extensively studied. A study on adrenergic and cholinergic terminal nervous system has disclosed that such systems may interact probably also by axo-axonatic synapses in several mammalian organs. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 26, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0647401
Entities
People
- Bengt Flack
- Erik Dahl
Organizations
- Lund University