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A Catecholamine storage in the pancreatic A2-cells of owl monkey (Aotes trivirgatus)

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The fluorescence method ofFalck andHillarp was used to study the occurrence of biogenic monoamines in the islets of Langerhans of monkeys. A storage of a catecholamine was demonstrated in the A2-cells of owl monkey, whereas no histochemically demonstrable amount of monoamines could be seen in the islet cells of marmoset,Rhesus monkey, squirrel monkey, andCebus monkey.

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  1. Departments of Pharmacology and Histology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

    Lennart Cegrell & Bengt Falck

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Supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council (No. B69-14x-712-04C) and by the National Institutes of Health (No. 06701-02).

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Cegrell, L., Falck, B. A Catecholamine storage in the pancreatic A2-cells of owl monkey (Aotes trivirgatus). Z.Zellforsch 94, 530–533 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936058

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