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The vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) represents a neuronal peptide of wide-spread occurrence. By electron microscopic immunocytochemistry VIP has been localized to the granules of the terminals of p-type neurons. This localization lends support to the postulate that VIP may be a neurotransmitter.
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A brief report of the present work was given at the “First International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Hormones”, Asilomar, California, October 1976
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Larsson, L.I. Ultrastructural localization of a new neuronal peptide (VIP). Histochemistry 54, 173–176 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00489676
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00489676