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Recent studies in this laboratory have demonstrated the presence of two discrete populations of unusual catecholamine-containing cells, one bordering the infundibular recess and the other bordering the preoptic recess, in the hypothalamus of the toad Bufo marinus (McKenna and Rosenbluth, 1971, 1974; McKenna et al., 1973). The cytological characteristics of the two cell types revealed by fluorescence histochemical, electron microscopic and Golgi impregnation methods indicate that neither cell can be categorized as a typical central adrenergic neuron. Instead one appears to be a receptor cell while the other may serve a secretory role.
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McKenna, O.C., Rosenbluth, J. (1974). Sensory and Secretory Catecholamine-Containing Cells Bordering the Third Ventricle of the Toad Brain. In: Knowles, F., Vollrath, L. (eds) Neurosecretion — The Final Neuroendocrine Pathway. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12587-8_27
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