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Correlative light-, fluorescence- and electron-microscopic examinations of catecholamine-storing cells in the adrenal medulla of the domestic fowl present unequivocal criteria to identify two types of avian adrenomedullary cells. A modified Karnovsky's fixative containing s-collidine was found to be a reliable prefixative to obtain a characteristic feature of the secretory granules in adrenaline- and noradrenaline-storing cells consistently.
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This paper, in a more detailed form, will be submitted by the first author (N.C.) in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Agricultural Sciences
Predoctoral student supported by Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan (Scholarship no. 15323), on leave from Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Thailand. One of the authors (N.C.) is very grateful to Emeritus Professor Dr. M. Yasuda for his kindness of offering an opportunity to stay at his department and for his encouragement and valuable advice during the course of the experiment
The authors are indebted to Associate Professor Dr. T. Watanabe for his evaluation and criticism of the manuscript and also to Dr. K. Hirunagi, Mr. Y. Ohmori and Mr. H. Chikazawa for their skillful technical assistance
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Chungsamarnyart, N., Fujioka, T. & Kitoh, J. Correlative light-, fluorescence- and electron-microscopic studies of catecholamine-storing cells in the adrenal medulla of the domestic fowl. Cell Tissue Res. 217, 471–477 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219358
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