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Histochemical demonstration of adrenergic nerve fibres and serotonin-containing mast cells of the knee joint synovial membrane in rats

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Distribution of noradrenergic nerves and serotonin-containing mast cells in the synovial membrane of rat knee joints was demonstrated using the histochemical fluorescence technique of Falck-Hillarp.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Seisuke Tanaka, Norio Ohnishi & Yoshinori Tominaga

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The authors express their gratitude to Drs M. Fujiwara and C. Tanaka for pertinent advice and to M. Ohara for review of the manuscript.

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Tanaka, S., Ohnishi, N. & Tominaga, Y. Histochemical demonstration of adrenergic nerve fibres and serotonin-containing mast cells of the knee joint synovial membrane in rats. Experientia 33, 52–53 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936750

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