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RECENT investigations have demonstrated the presence of noradrenaline as well as adrenaline in the adrenal medulla of some mammals. In this communication, histochemical observations are reported indicating the presence of two different kinds of cell islets in the adrenal medulla of the rat.
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ERÄNKÖ, O. Histochemical Evidence of the Presence of Acid-Phosphatase-Positive and -Negative Cell Islets in the Adrenal Medulla of the Rat. Nature 168, 250–251 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168250b0
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