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Histamine in the developing sympathoadrenal system

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The ontogenetic distribution of histamine in correlation with catecholamines in the developing rat sympathoadrenal system was analyzed by using an indirect immunohistochemical method and a specific rabbit anti-histamine antiserum. Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity was used as a marker of catecholamine synthesis. TH immunoreactivity appeared in retroperitoneal sympathetic tissues on embryonic day 12.5 (E 12.5) when it was found in cells of lumbar chain ganglia. In preaortic sympathetic tissue, TH immunoreactivity was observed on day E 13.5 and in adrenal medullae on day E 14.5. Histamine immunoreactivity was expressed in all of these tissues beginning from day E 14.5. First it was found mainly in nerve fibers, but also in some cells. During the embryonic development the number of histamine-immunoreactive cells increased in all sympathetic tissues studied. In newborn rats, histamine immunoreactivity was restricted to a subpopulation of sympathetic cells, i.e. small intensely fluorescent (SIF) cells of sympathetic ganglia, paraganglion-type cells and some adrenaline-synthesizing cells of the adrenal medulla.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Siltavuorenpenger 20a, SF-00170, Helsinki, Finland

    M. Ahonen, P. Panula & O. Häppölä

  2. Neurobiological Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Siltavuorenpenger 20a, SF-00170, Helsinki, Finland

    O. Häppölä

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Ahonen, M., Panula, P. & Häppölä, O. Histamine in the developing sympathoadrenal system. Agents and Actions 33, 119–123 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01993143

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