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Neuropeptide Y in the guinea-pig biliary tract

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High concentrations of neuropeptide Y (NPY) have been demonstrated in the gall bladder (16.7±5.4 pmol/g), cystic duct (25.4±9.2 pmol/g) and common bile duct (54.7±11.5 pmol/g) of the guinea-pig using a recently developed radio-immunoassay. Immunoreactive NPY containing nerves were demonstrated in all layers of the biliary tree using immunocytochemistry, being particularly dense in the myenteric and mucosal plexuses.

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  1. Departments of Medicine and Histochemistry, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 OHS, London, England

    J. M. Allen, J. Gu, T. E. Adrian, J. M. Polak &  S. R. Bloom

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Acknowledgments. JMA is a recipient of a Wellcome Trust Training Fellowship. JG is a visiting scholar from the Department of Pathology, Peking Medical College, Peking, China.

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Allen, J.M., Gu, J., Adrian, T.E. et al. Neuropeptide Y in the guinea-pig biliary tract. Experientia 40, 765–767 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949769

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