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Distribution of noradrenergic nerve fibres and serotonin containing mast cells in the normal and experimental arthritic synovial membrane of the rat knee joint has been demonstrated using the fluorescence histochemical method of Falck and associates [3]. Noradrenergic nerve fibres, usually associated with the arteries and arterioles, as well as mast cells were mainly found to be in the subsynovial layer close to the ligamentous layer. They are increased in the synovial membrane of rats with adjuvant arthritis.
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Grâce à la technique de fluorescence histochimique de Falck et coll. [3], les auteurs ont précisé la distribution des fibres nerveuses noradrénergiques et des mastocytes renfermant de la sérotonine dans la membrane synoviale du genou du rat normal, ainsi que dans celle de l'animal atteint d'une arthrite expérimentale. Les fibres nerveuses noradrénergiques, en relation ou non avec les artères et les artérioles, ainsi que les mastocytes ont été retrouvés essentiellement dans la couche sous-synoviale, à proximité du plan ligamentaire. Ils augmentent dans la membrane synoviale des rats atteints d'arthrite.
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Ohnishi, N., Tanaka, S., Ueo, T. et al. Fluorescence histochemical studies of adrenergic nerve fibres and serotonin containing mast cells of the knee joint synovial membrane in normal and experimental arthritic rats. International Orthopaedics 2, 15–16 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00265997
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