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The blood vessels of cephalopods. A comparative morphological and functional survey

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The distinctive structural and functional features of the highly specialized blood vessel types (blood sinus, veins, aortae, arteries) of cephalopods are characterized in a comparative survey. Histochemical and physio-pharmacological results indicate a dual neuroregulation of the vessel wall but, however, show contrary effects of the neurotransmitter candidates, catecholamines, serotonin (5-HT) and ACh, on arteries and veins. The spontaneous pulsatile activity of the propulsive veins seems to be partly myogenic but also directly dependent on a dense cholinergic innervation of the sarcosome-rich obliquely striated myocytes.

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Schipp, R. The blood vessels of cephalopods. A comparative morphological and functional survey. Experientia 43, 525–537 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143581

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