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The detection by X-ray microanalysis of noradrenaline in sympathetic nerve terminals of the rat vas deferens

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It has been possible consistently to detect and quantify noradrenaline (NA) in sympathetic nerve terminals of rat vas deferens by electron probe x-ray microanalysis following tissue preparation employing aldehydechromate-dichromate fixation after Richards and Tranzer (1975).

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  1. Departments of Anatomy and Zoology, University College, CF1 1XL, Cardiff, UK

    R. M. Santer, J. D. Lever & T. W. Davies

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Santer, R.M., Lever, J.D. & Davies, T.W. The detection by X-ray microanalysis of noradrenaline in sympathetic nerve terminals of the rat vas deferens. Histochemistry 71, 155–160 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00592579

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