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    Calcified tissue international 27 (1979), S. 205-210 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Intestine ; Calcium ; Binding ; Protein ; Uremia
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary In order to assess the usefulness of intestinal biopsies as indicators of end-organ responsiveness to vitamin D in uremic patients, calcium binding activity and calcium binding protein (CaBP) content were measured in intestinal biopsies from 12 uremic patients (glomerular filtration rate〈5.0 ml/min) and 12 adult controls. Values for both were found to vary with the site of biopsy, highest values being obtained in the duodenal bulb, with lower values distally. Values for activity correlated with values for CaBP content in both normals and uremics and no difference was observed between groups. Levels of calcium binding activity and content of CaBP did not correlate with serum immunoreactive parathormone levels, but were directly related to circulating 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OHD) levels. The data show that intestinal CaBP is normal in activity, quantity, and affinity for calcium in malabsorbing uremic patients, and are consistent with the hypothesis that calcium malabsorption in uremia is unrelated to deficiency of intestinal calcium binding protein.
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    Calcified tissue international 28 (1979), S. 131-136 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Calcium ; Phosphate ; Citrate ; Precipitation
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The influence of citrate ions on the precipitation of crystalline apatitic precipitates with low Ca/P molar ratios [octacalcium phosphate (OCP) and calcium-deficient apatites (DA) (system A)] and of the intercrystalline mixtures of calcium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate (DCPD) and DA (system B) was investigated. Samples were prepared by direct mixing of calcium chloride solutions (A, 6·10−3 mol dm−3; B, 1·10−1 mol dm−3) and sodium phosphate solutions (A, 6·10−3 mol dm−3; B, 2·10−2 mol dm−3) containing citrate (0–2·10−3 mol dm−3) and preadjusted to pH 7.4. In the presence of citrate ions: (a) crystal growth of OCP and DA was slowed down; (b) habit modification of DCPD crystals occurred; and (c) equilibration in intercrystalline mixtures of DCPD and DA's was slowed down. All phenomena were caused by surface adsorption of negatively charged ions, most probably CaC6H5O7-, which is the prevalent calcium citrate species under the given experimental conditions. Habit modification of DCPD was induced by preferential adsorption at the (001) crystal plane.
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    Calcified tissue international 27 (1979), S. 161-164 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Osteoporosis ; Ovary ; Rat ; Vitamin D
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Fifty adult female rats were used to study the effect of 1-alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 (1α-OH-D3)on bone after oophorectomy. The experimental period was 6 months. At the end of the experiment the femurs and the tibias were investigated for bone mass and composition. Significant signs of osteopenia occurred as a result of oophorectomy. The treatment with 1α-OH-D3 induced only minor changes in blood chemistry but increased bone mass significantly. The findings support the view that 1α-OH-D3 may be a valuable tool in the treatment of osteoporosis resulting from ovarian insufficiency.
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    Development genes and evolution 187 (1979), S. 35-47 
    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Ascidia ; Concanavalin A ; Development
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The early development ofPhallusia mammillata eggs, dechorionated with trypsin and treated with Concanavalin A, was studied. Vital staining with a very dilute solution of acridine orange (0.01 μg/ml) helped to visualize the mitochondrial ‘crescent’ by fluorescence. At high concentrations of Concanavalin A (20–200 μg/ml) fertilized eggs did not cleave, but went through early ooplasmic segregation movements (formation of the crescent) and multinuclear syncytia were formed. At lower concentrations of Concanavalin A (less than 10 μg/ml), cleavage occurred, but the blastomeres remained rounded, leading to a grapelike embryo. Eggs attached to Concanavalin A treated nylon surfaces either did not cleave or produced grapelike embryos. Attachment of the eggs did not affect ooplasmic segregation. Considering modern theories of membrane structure it was concluded that Concanavalin A prevented cleavage either by immobilizing surface structures connected with microfilaments or by indirectly modifying other membrane structures. These structures could not have been involved in ooplasmic segregation, but their mobility was necessary for further morphogenesis.
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    Development genes and evolution 186 (1979), S. 27-50 
    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Compound eye ; Development ; Determination of R7 cells ; sevenless mutant analysis ; Drosophila
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary sev LY3,the only existing allele at thesev locus (1–33,2±0,2), behaves as strongly hypomorph or even as amorph. Ommatidia in asev compound eye have only seven receptor cells, the position of the R7 pattern element being vacant. Various criteria showing that the missing cell is R7 have been verified. These include (i) anatomical characteristics ofsev ommatidia; (ii) behaviour of central R cells insev rdgB double mutants; (iii) medullary projection of central R cell axons; and (iv) mitotic pattern ofsev imaginal discs. The analysis of morphogeneticsev-sev + mosaics has shown thatsev is expressed autonomously by R7 cells, indicating that thesev phenotype is not due to asev genotype of ommatidial pattern elements other than R7. The study of third instarsev imaginal discs has not brought any direct evidence for death of clustered presumptive R7 cells; however, clonal analysis of the developingsev compound eye has given evidence of developmental parameters comparable to those ofsev +, therefore favouring the hypothesis that R7 cells die insev mutants. On the other hand,sev + seems to be required for the determination of the R7 cells, since thesev phenotype cannot be uncovered during the last mitoses of heterozygous mutant cells.
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    Calcified tissue international 27 (1979), S. 33-40 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Chick embryo ; Bone ; Organ culture ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The study describes the ultrastructure of the mineralized portion of chick tibiae from 10 days in ovo to 2 days post-hatch. At 10 days a single mineralized cylinder surrounds the diaphysis. On its outer surface columnar trabeculae join to form ridges parallel to the long axis of the bone. These ridges are covered by another cylinder and form the haversian canals. At 11 days vascular invasion of the marrow cavity occurs and resorption of the endosteal surface begins. This type of periosteal deposition and endosteal resorption is repeated during and subsequent to embryonic development. The mineralized portion of 10-day chick tibiae cultured for 2 days in modified BGJ medium was compared with 10-, 11-, and 12-day tibiae in ovo. Cultured tibiae were similar in length and calcium content to 11-day tibiae in ovo. The form of mineral deposited in ovo and in culture was the same, namely, aggregates of spherical mineral clusters. Differences in culture included the following: (a) few concentric cylinders were deposited as compared with tibiae in ovo; (b) trabeculae were not arranged in rows and ridges in culture; (c) osteocytic lacunae were restricted to bases of trabeculae rather than uniformly distributed as in ovo; and (d) the endosteal surface of tibiae in culture appeared etched.
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    Calcified tissue international 28 (1979), S. 17-22 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Anticonvulsant ; Ketogenic diet ; Calcium ; Vitamin D ; Bone
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Vitamin D and mineral metabolism status was examined in five children maintained chronically on combined ketogenic diet-anticonvulsant drug therapy (KG), and the results compared to those obtained in 18 patients treated with anticonvulsant drugs alone (AD) and 15 normal controls. KG patients exhibited biochemical findings of vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia: decreased serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and calcium concentrations, elevated serum alkaline phosphatase and parathyroid hormone concentrations, decreased urinary calcium and increased urinary hydroxyproline excretion, and decreased bone mass. Although the KG and AD groups demonstrated similar reductions in serum 25OHD concentration, the KG patients exhibited a significantly greater reduction in bone mass. In response to vitamin D supplementation (5000 IU/day), mean bone mass in the KG group increased by 8.1±0.9% (P〈0.001) over a 12-month period. These results suggest that ketogenic diet and anticonvulsant drug therapy have additive deleterious effects on bone mass and that these effects are partially reversible by vitamin D treatment.
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    Calcified tissue international 27 (1979), S. 171-176 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Calcium ; Phosphate ; Precipitation ; Double diffusion ; Collagen
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary One-dimensional double diffusion was applied to determine critical concentrations at which the precipitation of calcium phosphates occurs in reconstituted connective tissue collagen and agar gels at 37°C and in gelatin gels at 25°C. Experiments were performed in the presence of unbuffered 0.15 mol dm−3 NaCl, or 0.15 mol dm−3 NaCl-veronal adjusted to pH 7.4. It was found that critical concentrations of precipitation of both precipitating components, CaCl2 and phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), were equimolar and independent of the ratios of initial concentrations of the components. Critical concentrations of precipitation were not affected by the concentrations and kinds of gels used. The first-formed precipitates showed amorphous structure by X-ray diffraction analyses. Infrared (IR) spectra of the precipitates indicated CaHPO4 · H2O to be their predominant species. The molar Ca/P ratio obtained by chemical analyses was 1.08. This precipitate transformed in time into octacalcium phosphate. In all experiments, two very thin membranes of precipitate were formed in the gel column at the onset of precipitation simultaneously on both sides of the actual disc of precipitate. IR spectra and chemical analyses showed that both membranes were identical to the actual precipitation discs.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Parathyroid hormone ; Calcium ; Plasma phosphate ; Bone phosphate ; Plasma32P ; Specific activity
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Plasma changes in calcium, phosphate, and their radionuclides were studied in thyroparathyroidectomized (TPTX) rats treated with parathyroid hormone (PTH) for 8 h, this treatment starting 10 h after injection of45Ca and32P. Prior to intravenous infusion or hourly injections of PTH (10 mU/g/h), rats were maintained in one of three ways: on an extended fast (24 h); on a partial fast (10 h); or provided with 10% glucose and 1% calcium lactate overnight as a substitution for solid food. The pattern of change for plasma calcium,45Ca, and45Ca specific activity (S.A.) produced by PTH was not affected by these dietary conditions. The changes in phosphate were as follows: During the experimental (8 h) period, the rate of loss of32P from plasma in control rats was proportional to the length of the fast. This suggests that32P was released into plasma during the experimental period proportional to the ready availability of soft tissue glucose. In rats on an extended fast, PTH was phosphaturic, hypophosphatemic, and increased the rate of loss of32P from plasma without affecting32P S.A. values. In rats fasted for only 10 h, PTH produced similar effects on plasma phosphate and plasma32P values, but also caused a significant fall in plasma32P S.A. After glucose and calcium lactate treatment, PTH-induced phosphaturia was temporarily lost and the marked hypophosphatemia was replaced with a slight hyperphosphatemia. Plasma32P values also rose slightly; therefore, no effect on32P S.A. was produced. It is concluded from these studies that as the result of the phosphaturia caused by PTH, the hypophosphatemia which is produced automatically changes the phosphate gradient between various body compartments, causing phosphate entry into plasma. The authors postulate that this phosphate entering plasma is withdrawn primarily from bone fluid and bone.
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    Calcified tissue international 27 (1979), S. 13-18 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Anticonvulsants ; Calcium ; Vitamin D ; Parathyroid hormone ; Bone
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Parameters of mineral metabolism were examined in 6 patients with moderately severe anticonvulsant drug-induced osteomalacia. Compared to 15 matched controls, the patients exhibited significantly reduced serum calcium, inorganic phosphate, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration, elevated serum alkaline phosphatase and immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (iPTH) concentration, reduced intestinal47Ca absorption, reduced urinary calcium and increased urinary hydroxyproline excretion, and reduced forearm bone mass. Intestinal absorption of vitamin D3 was normal. Following 4 months of treatment with vitamin D3 (4000 units/day), serum 25-OHD concentration was increased to 3 times mean normal values and all parameters except serum iPTH, urinary calcium excretion, and forearm bone mass were returned to levels not significantly different from normal. Serum iPTH concentration was reduced by 39% (P〈0.05); 24-h urinary calcium excretion rose by 98% (P〈0.001), and forearm bone mass increased by 5.6% (P〈0.05). It is concluded that moderate-dose vitamin D3 supplementation is effective in normalizing parameters of mineral metabolism in this disorder, despite evidence of resistance to the biologic effects of vitamin D.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Calcium ; PTH ; 1,25(OH)2D ; Acid ; Bone
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary We measured mineral and acid balances, serum iPTH, urinary cAMP/creatinine, and plasma concentrations of 25OHD and 1,25(OH)2D in 7 healthy adults during control conditions and during increased fixed acid production achieved either by the administration of NH4Cl (N=3) or by increased dietary protein intake (N=4). When acid production was increased, the subjects were in positive acid balance and negative Ca balance because of increased urinary Ca excretion. Serum iPTH fell slightly but urinary cAMP and the plasma levels of vitamin D metabolites did not change. We conclude that the accelerated skeletal and urinary losses of Ca that occur when fixed acid production is increased are not contributed to nor compensated for by the parathyroid-vitamin D endocrine systems.
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    Calcified tissue international 29 (1979), S. 63-69 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Vaterite ; Calcium ; Eggshells ; Cuckoos
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The crystalline spherules occurring in patches on the outer surface of the eggshells ofGuira guira and the bloom on the entire outer surface of those ofCrotophagi ani were shown by X-ray diffraction analysis to be vaterite.
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    Calcified tissue international 29 (1979), S. 155-161 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Periosteal cells ; Calcium ; PTH ; CT ; Metabolic inhibitors
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    Notes: Summary Calcium transport was studied in cells isolated from cultured periostea of 18-day-old chick embryos. Net calcium uptake was stimulated by iodoacetate (IAA) and inhibited by dinitrophenol (DNP). Calcium efflux from the intracellular compartment was inhibited by IAA. Changes in the extra-or intracellular sodium concentration had only minor effects on calcium transport. This indicates that calcium efflux from periosteal cells is probably directly dependent on ATP hydrolysis, whereas calcium-sodium exchange is of less importance. The cation ionophore A23187 stimulated calcium uptake during short incubations but was inhibitory in long incubations. The possible involvement of the mitochondria in this effect is discussed. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin (CT) stimulated the net uptake of calcium in relatively low doses (both 0.01 U/ml or higher). The effects of the hormones on net calcium uptake were not additive. Calcium efflux was not changed in the presence of PTH or CT.
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    Planta 146 (1979), S. 31-39 
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: Autoradiography ; Calcium ; Mougeotia ; Phytochrome
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Ca2+ is proposed to function as a messenger in such phytochrome-mediated responses as localized cell growth, intracellular movements, and control of plasma membrane properties. To test this hypothesis, the uptake of Ca2+ in irradiated and non-irradiated regions of individual threads of the green alga Mougeotia was studied with the aid of 45Ca2+ and low temperature autoradiography: 10–20 cells within 40–60 cell-long threads were irradiated for up to 1 min, transferred to darkness for 3 to 10 min, submersed in a radioactive medium for 1 min, washed in an unlabelled medium for 30 min, and then autoradiographed at-80° C for several days. The autoradiographs show that those cells which had been pre-irradiated with red light did take up 2–10 times more Ca2+ than the adjacent non-irradiated cells of the same thread. Cells pre-irradiated with farred light or red light followed by far-red light showed no enhanced uptake of Ca2+. These results might be interpreted to indicate, firstly, that phytochrome-Pfr is involved in the enhanced uptake of Ca2+ and secondly, that the accumulation of radioactive Ca2+ in red light irradiated cells is an expression of an increased intracellular concentration of Ca2+. This interpretation is based on the data that (i) the dark interval between irradiation and labelling precluded the involvement of photosynthesis, (ii) the effect of red light was reversible with far-red light, and (iii) the accumulation of Ca2+ persisted during the long wash-out period. We speculate, that the red light-enhanced accumulation of Ca2+ in Mougeotia cells is caused by a Pfr-mediated increase of the Ca-permeability of the plasma membrane, and perhaps by a Pfr-impeding of an active Ca2+-extrusion.
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    Planta 146 (1979), S. 203-210 
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: Cellulose ; Microfibrils ; Negative staining ; Nicotiana ; Protoplasts ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A study has been made of the wall fibrils produced by tobacco protoplasts, using scanning electron microscopy in conjunction with negative staining. It has been shown that the fibres seen in scanning electron microscopy correspond to aggregates of microfibrils. These aggregates are only visible where they are lifted clear of the protoplast surface. Negative staining of fixed protoplasts shows that the aggregation of microfibrils into the fibres visible in scanning electron microscopy is probably produced by air-drying. Gentle disruption of microfibrils produces both random broken fragments and bundles of short pieces of fibrillar material about 60 nm in length. This material is present in undisrupted young walls, but not in undisrupted older walls. The microfibrils in young walls seem much more fragile and liable to breakage than those in older walls. These results are discussed in terms of the interpretation of scanning electron microscope images and the mechanism of cellulose microfibril formation by higher plants.
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    Planta 144 (1979), S. 401-406 
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: A23187 gradients ; Calcium ; Germination (moss spores) ; Electric fields-Funaria ; Ionophore gradient ; Moss spores-Polarization ; Spores (moss)
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    Notes: Abstract We have used both steady electric fields, and gradients of the divalent ionophore, A23187, to control the point at which rhizoids emerge from spores of the common moss Funaria hygrometrica. The spores were grown in a medium containing calcium nitrate as the only major salt. Spores tend to form rhizoids towards the positive electrode, with a half maximal response to a difference of 4–8 mV across each cell. They also tend to form rhizoids towards the end of higher ionophore concentration in response to A23187 gradients. Both of these responses are the same at pH 5.5 and 8.0. Our tentative explanation is that Funaria spores tend to form rhizoids where most calcium enters. However, the point of chloronema emergence is scarcely affected by steady fields of up to 45 mV/cell. Moreover, when steady fields are applied across already developed rhizoids or chloronemata, their subsequent growth is directed towards the negative electrode in both cases, with rhizoids giving a 50% response at only 3—5 mV/cell, and chloronemata being less responsive.
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    European biophysics journal 5 (1979), S. 33-41 
    ISSN: 1432-1017
    Keywords: Rhodopsin ; Calcium ; Reaction kinetics ; Regeneration
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    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The formation of metarhodopsin II in various bovine rhodopsin preparations (rod outer segment (ROS) suspensions and rhodopsin-detergent solutions) was measured by means of flash spectrophotometry. The half-lifetime and formation of metarhodopsin II in ROS did not depend on the calcium concentration in the range of less than 10−9 M (using EGTA or EDTA) to 15×10−3 M calcium at pH values of 5.0, 7.1, and 9.0 (Table 1). The regeneration of rhodopsin from opsin by adding 11-cis retinal to ROS-suspensions and rhodopsin digitonin solutions was measured spectrophotometrically. It was not substantially different in either saline, one containing less than 10−7 M calcium (by adding EGTA), the other containing 10−3 M calcium (Table 2).
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    European biophysics journal 5 (1979), S. 223-230 
    ISSN: 1432-1017
    Keywords: Prolonged depolarising after-potential (PDA) ; Visual pigment ; Invertebrate photoreceptor ; Manganese ; Calcium
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    Notes: Abstract We have studied the effects on the PDA of modifying intracellular and extracellular concentrations of Ca2+ and Mn2+. The effect of decreased Ca2+ concentration or addition of EGTA is mainly an increase in the PDA amplitude and length. Raising Ca2+ concentration using ruthenium red or high external Ca2+ has the opposite effect. The effect of Mn2+ is much more striking: In the presence of 50–100 mM Mn2+ the PDA is initially greatly depressed but can rise slowly for up to 20 or 30 s (in the dark) until it approaches its original amplitude and time course. Bridge measurements showed that the depression of the PDA corresponds to a depressed conductance and so is not due to an increase in K+ conductance. The Mn2+ effect is potentiated by decreased Ca2+. Appropriate stimulation suppresses the rising PDA as promptly as it does a normal PDA, suggesting that if lateral diffusion is the source of the slow rise, the PDA and PDA-depressing processes must be spatially linked. The action of the anti-PDA is apparently prolonged by both Ca2+ and Mn2+.
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    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: cyproheptadine ; metergoline ; glucose tolerance ; insulin secretion ; chemical diabetes ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of short-term treatment with either placebo or two serotonin antagonists, cyproheptadine and metergoline, on oral glucose tolerance and insulin secretion have been evaluated in normal subjects and in patients with chemical diabetes. Placebo treatment was not associated with any significant change in the parameters examined. Glucose tolerance in chemical diabetics was significantly improved both after cyproheptadine and metergoline; fasting plasma glucose was also reduced by metergoline. Treatment with the latter drug was also associated with a significant decrease in incremental glucose area in healthy subjects, which was not affected by cyproheptadine. Basal and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion were not affected by either drug in any subjects. Cyproheptadine and metergoline improve glucose metabolism in chemical diabetes probably by reducing insulin resistance. This may depend either on decreased secretion of counter-regulatory hormones or on a direct pharmacological action of the drugs on glucose utilization, possibly mediated by their common antiserotoninergic properties.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 15 (1979), S. 187-192 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: quinidine ; plasma protein binding ; pharmacokinetics ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The disposition and plasma protein binding of quinidine after intravenous administration were studied in 13 healthy subjects. Plasma protein binding, expressed as the fraction of quinidine unbound ranged from 0.134–0.303 (mean 0.221). Elimination rate constant (β) varied from 0.071 to 0.146 h−1 (mean 0.113), and apparent volume of distribution (Vβ) varied from 1.39–3.20 l · kg−1β (mean 2.27). Total body clearance was 2.32–6.49 ml min−1 · kg−1. There was a positive linear correlation between the plasma fraction of unbound quinidine and both Vβ (r=0.885, p〈0.01) and total body clearance (r=0.668, p〈0.05). No significant correlation existed between the fraction of unbound quinidine in plasma and the elimination rate constant. The results show that both the apparent volume of distribution and total body clearance of quinidine are proportional to the unbound fraction in plasma. This implies that the total plasma concentration of quinidine at steady state will change with alterations in plasma binding, whilst the concentration of unbound compund and its elimination rate will remain unaffected.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 15 (1979), S. 73-81 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: simulation model ; diazoxide hypotension ; haemodynamics ; man
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The acute haemodynamic effects of injected diazoxide (Hyperstat® Schering) have been studied in 8 hypertensive subjects. Aortic blood pressure was measured and cardiac output and peripheral conductance were assessed continuously using a simulation model. In six of the patients pulmonary artery end-diastolic pressure was also measured. Blood pressure fell in all subjects 5–10 min after injection of the drug cardiac output increased in all patients studied. However, the initial change in cardiac output differed, as it decreased in two subjects and did not change in one. The largest initial increases in cardiac output were seen in the subjects with the highest pulmonary artery end-diastolic pressure. Patients with an initial decrease in cardiac output were those with the least compliant (stiffest) aortas. We consider that the responsiveness of the baroreceptors determines the size of the increase in cardiac output immediately after reduction of blood pressure by diazoxide. Thus in a patient with a stiff aorta, particularly at low cardiac filling pressure, diazoxide might cause a fall in blood pressure to an unacceptable level.
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    Archives of microbiology 123 (1979), S. 93-99 
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: Movement ; Phototaxis ; Cations ; Chlamydomonas ; Calcium ; Lanthanum ; Circadian rhythms
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    Notes: Abstract The effects of several cations on phototaxis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii have been studied with the aid of an automated phototaxis monitoring device, coupled with a continuous culture. Sodium, potassium and magnesium ions, if added to the complete nutrient medium, have only slight effects on phototaxis at lower concentrations (10-3 mol), but inhibit at higher concentrations (10-2 mol). This inhibitory effect is not specific because motility is also impaired. Addition of 10-3 mol calcium enhances the phototactic reaction for some hours, but then the stimulation decreases gradually. Addition of 10-2 mol calcium causes strong inhibition. However, the reactivity recovers gradually during the following hours. If 10-3 mol potassium which does not influence phototaxis if added alone is applied simultaneously with calcium, the stimulation by calcium is enhanced. By the addition of 5·10-4—2·10-3 mol Ca2+ or Ca2++K+ cicadian rhythms with an average period length of 24 h are initiated which damp out after 1–2 weeks. If the cells are grown in a calcium deficient medium or if calcium is removed, phototactic activity decreases to very low reaction values or to zero, but is drastically increased immediately after the addition of calcium. The stimulatory effect of Ca2+ ions is specific. Ca2+ cannot be fully substituted by Ba2+ or Sr2+, and phototaxis is reversibly inhibited by lanthanum which is known to inhibit the calcium pump.
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    Keywords: Catecholamine synthesizing enzymes ; Adrenal medulla ; Embryonic induction ; Adrenocortical hormones ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The cellular localization of the enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), aromatic amino-acid decarboxylase (or dopa decarboxylase, DDC), dopamine β-hydroxylase (DBH) and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) in the adrenal medulla of adult rats and rat fetuses (14th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 21st day) was examined. In the prenatal stages the medullary blastema and an adjacent part of the primitive sympathetic trunk were also investigated. Tissues were fixed in ice-cold 4% paraformaldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.2). Cryostat sections (10 μm in thickness) were stained by the indirect immunofluorescence technique. Rabbit antibodies to TH (isolated from human pheochromocytoma), DDC, DBH and PNMT (the latter three isolated from bovine adrenal medulla) were used. Sections incubated with serum of non-immunized rabbits were used as controls. In the adult adrenal medulla, two cell types can be distinguished. One cell type contains only TH, DDC and DBH. The other cell type contains PNMT in addition. It is concluded that these cells correspond to the noradrenaline-(NA-) and adrenaline-(A-)storing cells respectively. In all prenatal stages TH, DDC and DBH are found in the primitive sympathetic trunk, in the medullary blastema, and in the medullary cells which have migrated into the cortical “anlage”. PNMT is observed for the first time on the 18th day. Moreover, PNMT could only be demonstrated inside the adrenal gland. From these observations it is concluded that the capacity to synthesize NA is developed even before the “medullary” cells have reached the cortical “anlage”. On the contrary, the capacity to synthesize A seems to be acquired only after this contact is established. The hypothesis is put forward that this phenomenon might indicate the induction of PNMT by glucocorticoids secreted by the fetal cortex.
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    Cell & tissue research 200 (1979), S. 135-146 
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    Keywords: Arcuate nucleus ; Cytogenesis ; Synaptogenesis ; Neuropil ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Morphogenesis of the arcuate nucleus of the rat from the 15th fetal day to the 6th postnatal day was investigated light and electron microscopically. The arcuate neurons exhibit a gradual development after the 15th fetal day. All cytoplasmic constituents are present in these nerve cells already during the last days of gestation. Nevertheless, they are not fully differentiated at birth. The first synapse-like structures (presynapses) were observed in 17 day-old, the first synapses in 18 day-old fetuses. During the early postnatal period the number of presynapses decreases, but at the same time there is a gradual increase in the number of the relatively mature synapses. This process starts already during the last days of prenatal life. Although all structural elements of the arcuate nucleus of the adult rat appear to be present at birth, the extent of the neuropil area and the number of the presynapses indicate that the arcuate nucleus is still in a fairly undeveloped stage during the first postnatal days.
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    Cell & tissue research 200 (1979), S. 329-334 
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    Keywords: Median eminence ; Axon terminals ; Tanycytes ; Electron microscopy ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The present ultrastructural study proves the existence of nerve terminals closely apposed to the plasmalemmata of tanycytes in the rat median eminence. Several of these “axo-tanycytic” endings display remarkable accumulations of agranular endoplasmic reticulum in the form of pleomorphic vesicles which are closely apposed on either side of the plasma membrane of each cell compartment. Some of these vesicular profiles give the impression of structural continuity across both membrane systems. This phenomenon is discussed in the context of being a potential substratum for communication between both cell compartments.
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    Keywords: Vomeronasal organ ; Membrane particles ; Cell contacts ; Freeze-etching ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The free surfaces and cell contacts in the epithelia of the vomeronasal organ of the rat were investigated by freeze-etching. The microvilli of receptor cells show a lower density of intramembranous particles (IMP) than the microvilli in the receptor-free epithelium. The ratio between the IMP on P and E-face is approximately 11∶1 in the receptor terminals, and 3.5∶1 in the cilia and microvilli of the receptor-free epithelium. Although atypical in length and only poorly equipped with rootlet fibers, the cilia of the receptor-free epithelium are furnished with typical ciliary necklace structures of up to 10 rows of membrane particles. Differences in the density of IMP on the P-faces of different cilia are probably due to continual ciliogenesis and also due to the different age of cilia in the receptor-free epithelium. Zonulae occludentes show different configurations in the neuroepithelium and in the receptor-free epithelium. In the former, they show a tendency to cross-link and form facet-like patterns, reflecting a constant morphology and relative stability for this apical region. In the receptor-free epithelium the junctional rows of zonulae occludentes display only loosely interconnected networks and a tendency to orient parallel to each other and to the free surface. In addition to zonulae occludentes, typical square aggregations of IMP are observed in the receptor-free epithelium. They are not exclusively restricted to the zone of intensive cell contacts by means of fine interdigitating cell processes, and their function has yet to be identified experimentally.
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    Keywords: Olfactory organ ; Development ; Melanotaeniidae ; Scanning and transmission electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The development of the olfactory organ in the rainbow fish, Nematocentris maccullochi, was studied using scanning and transmission electron microscopy; it was compared with the developmental process in other teleosts, especially in the closely related atherinids and cyprinodonts. The formation of the nares parallels that in atherinids, salmonids, cyprinids and heterosomats, but differs from that found in cyprinodonts. Another ontogenetic feature in which the olfactory organs of the rainbow fish and also of atherinids differ from those of cyprinodonts, is the occurrence of transitory kinociliary cells which disappear during the postlarval period. The divergent evolutionary pathways are discussed with reference to experimental investigations. During development, ciliated and microvillous receptor cell types occur. At the primary larval stage ciliated receptor neurons are exclusively present. At a later stage the microvillous type develops and becomes equal in frequency. Thus, the microvillous receptor represents a separate type of olfactory neuron and is not a progenitor of the ciliated receptor cell.
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    Cell & tissue research 200 (1979), S. 163-177 
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    Keywords: Gastrin cells ; Entero-endocrine cells ; Rat ; Cell isolation ; Pylorus
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    Notes: Summary A technique has been developed to obtain viable, isolated and enriched populations of gastrin cells (G-cells) from the rat stomach. Restricted tissue samples from a small area of the pyloric antrum known to be particularly rich in G-cells, were sequentially digested with pronase followed by mechanical agitation, to remove the epithelial cells. This technique resulted in a significant enrichment of G-cells (3–4 fold) since the surface epithelial cells and upper portions of the glands were discarded before the initial G-cell fraction was collected. These cells in suspension were then isolated from each other by gentle pipetting in a DNase containing solution and designated the crude preparation (CP). The G-cells were then purified further by separating the cells according to size by velocity sedimentation. The greatest concentration of G-cells (15–25 %) was found in the fraction containing cells with diameters of 10 to 12 μm. The effectiveness of the technique was evaluated by counting G-cells as identified by electron microscopy and immunofluorescence and assessing gastrin activity by radioimmunoassay. All three methods indicated that cell separation by gravity velocity sedimentation enriched the G-cell population 15–20 fold over their concentration in the CP. The combined techniques of selective pronase digestion followed by gravity velocity sedimentation resulted in an isolated cell preparation containing a 50–100 fold increase of G-cells over their normal distribution in the intact gastric mucosa. Since these isolated G-cells retain features indicating viability, their usefulness for in vitro studies is suggested.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 294 (1979), S. 345-351 
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    Keywords: Best. von Wismut, Cadmium, Thallium in Gesteinen ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; fraktionierte Destillation
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The analysis of bismuth, cadmium and thallium in rock samples can be performed by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry, after separation and preconcentration by a volatilization technique. This method has the major advantage that small amounts of substance can be used with a minimum consumption of chemicals, so that sources of contamination are reduced. The detection limit for Bi and Tl is about 1 ppb and for Cd about 0.1 ppb in the rock. Depending on the content in the rock samples, the relative standard deviation is between 2 and 30%. Several attempts have been made to determine the yields of Bi, Cd and Tl from synthetic and natural samples.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Bestimmung von Wismut, Cadmium und Thallium in Gesteinen kann mit der flammenlosen Atomabsorptions-Spektroskopie nach verdampfungsanalytischer Abtrennung erfolgen. Die Verdampfungsnalyse hat den Vorteil, daß bei geringem Reagentienverbrauch kleine Mengen analysiert werden können. Die Gefahr der Einschleppung von Verunreinigungen wird erheblich vermindert. Die Nachweisgrenze bezogen auf die Probe beträgt für Wismut und Thallium ca. 1 ppb und für Cadmium ca. 0.1 ppb. In Abhängigkeit von der Konzentration liegt die relative Standardabweichung zwischen 2 und 30 %. An synthetischen und natürlichen Proben sind die Ausbeuten an diesen Elementen bestimmt worden.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 295 (1979), S. 355-361 
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    Keywords: Best. von Blei in Geolog. Material, Biolog. Material ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Graphitrohrküvette
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Serious systematic errors inherent in the determination of lead in geological and biological samples by flameless atomic-absorption spectrometry are demonstrated. The reduced absorption of lead is due to partial interaction with alkaline, alkaline-earth and iron chlorides during the atomization stage. Incomplete dissociation of the volatile monochloride of lead in the gaseous phase reduces the absorption signal. An addition of 20% hydrogen to nitrogen (purge gas) diminishes signal suppression by removing the chlorine in form of volatile HCl. The detection limit is about 0.6 ppm in rocks and about 0.3 ppm in plant materials. Depending on the content in the samples the relative standard deviation is between 1 and 12%. The accuracy of the method was tested on 39 international standard reference samples.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Schwerwiegende systematische Fehler bei der Bestimmung von Blei in geologischen und biologischen Materialien mit der Graphitrohrküvette werden aufgezeigt. Die Reaktion von Blei mit Alkali-, Erdalkali- und Eisenchloriden während der Atomisierungsphase führt zur Bildung von Bleimonochlorid, das nur unvollständig dissoziiert und eine Signalunterdrückung zur Folge hat. Ein Zusatz von 20% Wasserstoff zu Stickstoff als Spülgas vermindert die Signalunterdrückung, indem überschüssiges Chlor als Chlorwasserstoff entfernt wird. Die Nachweisgrenze liegt bei ca. 0,6 ppm für Gesteine und bei ca. 0,3 ppm für Pflanzenmaterialien. Je nach der Konzentration beträgt die relative Standardabweichung 1–12%. Die Genauigkeit der Methode wurde an 39 internationalen Standardreferenzproben überprüft.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 294 (1979), S. 402-404 
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    Keywords: Best. von Antimon in Biolog. Material ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Nanospuren
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Eine selektive Bestimmung von Antimon durch Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie ist durch elektrothermale Atomisierung von Antimonwasserstoff in einem Argonspülgasstrom möglich. Das Verfahren erfordert eine hohe und reproduzierbare Geschwindigkeit der Reduktion des Antimons zu Antimonwasserstoff in der wäßrigen Probelösung. Geeignete Bedingungen für diese Reduktion erreicht man, wenn man in der Lösung zunächst einen Komplex von Antimon(III) mit Äthylendiamintetraessigsäure bildet; dieser Komplex reagiert mit Natriumborhydrid in der geforderten Weise zu Antimonwasserstoff. Bei der Mineralisierung des organischen Materials ist auf genaue Temperaturführung zu achten.
    Notes: Summary High selectivity in measuring antimony by atomic absorption spectrometry is obtained by electrothermal atomisation of stibine in a stream of argon purging gas. This procedure requires a fast and reproducible reduction to stibine of the total antimony present in an aequeous solution. Optimum conditions for this reduction are reached by first transforming all antimony in the solution to an EDTA-chelate of antimony(III) which then reacts uniformly with sodium boron hydride to give stibine. Close temperature control is essential in decomposition of biological samples.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 294 (1979), S. 416-416 
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    Keywords: Best. von Blei in Benzin ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; emulgierte Proben
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 295 (1979), S. 110-115 
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    Keywords: Best. von Cadmium in Boden, Sedimenten ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Zr-beschichtete Graphitrohre
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Verfahren beschrieben, das es gestattet, nach einer Anreicherung von Cadmium durch Extraktion mit APDC/MIBK und anschließender Reextraktion mit Salpetersäure, die stark salpetersaueren Reextrakte direkt in Zirkonium-beschichteten Graphitrohren bei Verwenden der flammenlosen Atomabsorption zu vermessen. Diese Rohre zeigten eine gute Lebensdauer (150–300 Analysen). Durch eine Behandlung der Rohre mit einer Fe3+-Lösung konnten Beeinflussungen der Cadmiumsignale durch Begleitstoffe verhindert werden. Cadmium wird bei der Extraktion und Reextraktion um den Faktor fünf angereichert. Bei hohen Cadmiumgehalten in den Proben kann die Analyse bei gleicher Probenvorbereitung mit Hilfe der Flammenatomabsorption durchgeführt werden. Die Arbeitsbedingungen für die flammenlose, sowie für die Flammen-Atomabsorption werden angegeben. Als Nachweisgrenzen bei Verwenden der flammenlosen Atomabsorption wurden im Mittel 0,53 μg Cd/l, für die Flammenatomabsorption 19,4μg Cd/l gefunden, die durch die Anreicherung auf ca. 0,1, bzw. 4 μg Cd/l gesenkt werden.
    Notes: Summary Cadmium is enriched by an extraction with APDC/MIBK and subsequent reextraction with nitric acid. A procedure is described for analyzing these solutions directly by means of flameless atomic absorption, inspite of the high concentration of nitric acid in a zirconium coated graphite tube. These tubes, proved to be very resistant (150–300 analyses). After treatment of the tubes with a Fe3+-solution no interference by accompanying anions and cations could be observed. By the extraction and reextraction procedure described cadmium is enriched by a factor of five. Samples of higher cadmium concentrations were analyzed by means of flame atomic absorption after the same sample preparation. Working conditions for flameless and flame atomic absorption are given. Detection limits have been calculated as 0.53 μg Cd/l in the case of flameless, 19.4 μg Cd/l in the case of flame atomic absorption. These values are further decreased by the above enrichment procedure to 0.1 and 4 μg Cd/l, respectively.
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    Keywords: Best. von Quecksilber, Silber, Kupfer, Wismut, Blei, Cadmium, Tellur in Wasser ; Röntgenfluorescenz-Spektrometrie ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Spuren, Anreicherung an Sulfidschichten, Fällungsaustausch
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Zur Verbesserung des Nachweisvermögens und der Zuverlässigkeit von röntgenfluorimetrischen und atomabsorptiometrischen Bestimmungsverfahren für geringe Spurengehalte von Hg, Ag, Cu, Bi, Pb, Cd, Sn, As, Se, Te, Zn, Co und Ni in wäßrigen Lösungen wurde die Eignung einer der Bestimmung vorgeschalteten Anreicherungsmethode durch Fällungsaustausch an einer dünnen Sulfidschicht systematisch untersucht. Die wäßrige Probe (0,1–61, pH 3–6) wird durch eine auf einem Membranfilter (Cellulosenitrat bzw. PTFE, Porenweite ≤1 μm) frisch präparierte homogene Metallsulfidschicht (ZnS, MnS, CuS, PbS u.a., Dicke: 300–400 nm) filtriert. Dabei werden mit Ausnahme des Arsens die Elemente praktisch vollständig aus der Lösung zurückgehalten, die schwerlösliche Sulfide mit einem kleineren Löslichkeitsprodukt als das der austauschenden Schicht bilden. Nach dem Austausch kann die Bestimmung der Elemente entweder simultan durch RFA direkt auf dem Filter oder nach Lösen des Niederschlages in wenig Säure durch AAS mit elektrothermischer Atomisierung erfolgen. Durch erhebliche Voranreicherung können Nachweisgrenzen im ng/l-Bereich erzielt werden. Eichung, Störungen durch Begleitsubstanzen und Güteziffern des Verbundverfahrens werden beschrieben, das vor allem für die simultane und zuverlässige Bestimmung von Spuren, Hg, Ag, Cu, Bi, Pb, Cd und Te in Trink-, Oberflächen- und Schneeschmelzwasser empfohlen werden kann.
    Notes: Summary For the improvement of the power of detection and the reliability of X-ray fluorimetric and atomic-absorption spectrometric determination procedures for very low levels of Hg, Ag, Cu, Bi, Pb, Cd, Sn, As, Se, Te, Zn, Co and Ni in aqueous solutions the applicability of a pre-concentration method by precipitate-exchange on thin sulphide layers which preceds the actual determination has been investigated systematically. The aqueous sample (0.1–61, pH 3–6) is filtered through a freshly prepared homogeneous metal sulphide layer (e.g. ZnS, MnS, CuS, PbS, thickness: 300–400 nm) which is placed on a membrane filter (cellulose nitrate or PTFE, pore size ≤1 μm). In this way with the exception of As, the elements forming sparingly soluble sulphides with a lower solubility product than the corresponding sulphides of the layer are practically completely retained from the solution. The exchanged elements can be determined either simultaneously directly on the filter by RFA or sequentially after dissolution of the precipitate in a small volume of acid by AAS with electrothermal atomization. By a considerable pre-concentration detection limits in the ng/l range can be obtained. Calibration, interferences by concomitant elements, and quality grades of the multi-stage procedure are described, which can be recommended for the simultanous and reliable determination of traces of Hg, Ag, Cu, Bi, Pb, Cd, and Te in potable, surface, and snow-melting water.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 295 (1979), S. 352-354 
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    Keywords: Best. von Kupfer mit Zinkdibenzyldithiocarbamat ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Lösungsmittel für die Extraktion
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The utility of various organic solvents, such as acetates and ketones, for the CuDBC chelate extraction and subsequent atomic absorption spectrophotometric determination is studied. Methyl propionate was found to be the most sensitive solvent. Data for the different substances are presented.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Verwendbarkeit verschiedener Lösungsmittel (Acetate und Ketone) für die Extraktion des CuDBC-Komplexes und anschließende atomabsorptions-spektralphotometrische Bestimmung wurde systematisch untersucht. Werte für die verschiedenen Substanzen werden angegeben. Die größte Empfindlichkeit kann mit Methylpropionat erzielt werden.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 298 (1979), S. 9-11 
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    Keywords: Best. von Quecksilber in Luft ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; neues Spektrometer
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ein Atomabsorptions-Spektrometer wird beschrieben, das zur Bestimmung des Quecksilbergehaltes in Luft die Absorption der im vakuumultravioletten Spektralbereich gelegenen Hg-Resonanzlinie 184,9 nm benutzt. Die Kombination einer Hg-Niederdruckdampflampe mit einer Photozelle mit CsI-Kathode gestattet einen Spektrometer-Aufbau ohne Monochromator oder Filter. Zur Messung der HgKonzentration in Gasen wird das Quecksilber einer Probe zunächst auf einem Goldblech gesammelt, durch Ausheizen des Goldes wieder freigesetzt und die Absorption durch die Dampfwolke bestimmt. Das Eichverfahren und Meßbeispiele werden erläutert.
    Notes: Summary An atomic absorption spectrometer is described using the absorption of the vacuum ultraviolet resonance line 184.9 nm to determine the amount of mercury in air. The use of a mercury low-pressure discharge lamp combined with a CsI photocell makes it possible to omit monochromator or filter. For measuring the concentration of mercury in all sorts of gases the mercury of the sample is collected on sheet gold. By heating the sheet mercury is set free and the absorption of the mercury vapour can then be measured. The calibration procedure and some analytical results are described.
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    Cell & tissue research 200 (1979), S. 29-33 
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    Keywords: Magnocellular neurosecretory system ; Activation ; Rat ; Vasopressinergic neurons ; Oxytocinergic neurons ; Immunocytochemistry
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    Notes: Summary The activated hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory system of the rat was studied in tissue sections, double stained with the unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase complex (PAP) technique. The results indicate that in animals with an activated hypothalamic magnocellular neuroendocrine system, as well as in normal animals, vasopressin and oxytocin are exclusively synthesized in separate vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic neurons.
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    Cell & tissue research 200 (1979), S. 409-423 
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    Keywords: Human placenta ; Classification of villi ; Histology ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The classification of human placental villi was reviewed on the basis of material prepared by means of special methods. The material from in situ normal-term placentae was biopsied by aspiration into glutaraldehyde. The classification was made on the basis of light-microscopic observations of semithin sections, reconstructions from serial sections, and scanning-electron micrographs. The peripheral villous tree is roughly divided into stem (ramuli), intermediate and terminal villi. The intermediate villi may be further subdivided as mature and immature types, which are found between the stem and terminal villi. Some of the terminal villi possess a local specialization described as the neck region. The histological characteristics and the branching pattern of each type are described, and the basis of the proposed classification is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 198 (1979), S. 247-260 
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    Keywords: Tight junctions ; Development ; Mesothelium ; Mouse embryo ; Freeze-fracture
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    Notes: Summary The peritoneal mesothelium of mouse embryos (12 to 18 day of gestation) was studied by freeze-fracture and in sections in order to reveal the initial formation of the tight junctions. Freeze-fracture observations showed three types of tight junctions. Type I consists of belt-like meshworks of elevations on the P face and of shallow grooves on the E face. No tight junctional particle can be seen either on the elevations or in the grooves. Type II shows rows of discontinuous particles on the elevations on the P face. Type III consists of strands forming ridges on the P face. On the E face, the grooves of Type II and III appear to be narrower and sharper than those of Type I. Quantitatively, Type I junctions are most numerous during the early stages (day 12–13) of embryonic development, while Type III junctions become more common in the later stages, and are the only type seen by day 18. Observations on sections, however, fail to distinguish between the three types. The results suggest that an initial sign of tight junction formation is close apposition of the two cell membranes in the junctional domain, without tight junctional particles. Later, the particles appear to be incorporated in the tight junctions and the strands form by fusion of the particles.
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    Keywords: LH-RH neurons ; Hypothalamus ; Rat ; Immunohistochemistry ; Radioimmunoassay
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    Notes: Summary The location of the perikarya of LH-RH neurons in the rat hypothalamus and their pathways to the median eminence were studied by immunohistochemistry and radioimmunoassay after placing stereotaxic electrolytic lesions in several parts of the hypothalamus. The principal location of the cell somata was found to be in the ventral part of the medial preoptic area; their pathways were classified into a main baso-lateral pathway and an accessory descending pathway branching off from the former. The main pathway was found to cross in the vicinity of the corresponding neuronal perikarya. The central median eminence and the dorsal and ventral walls of the tubero-infundibular sulcus of the caudal part of the median eminence are innervated mainly by the baso-lateral pathway. On the other hand, the rostral and most caudal portions of the median eminence are innervated principally by the descending pathway and have a subsidiary dual innervation. The projection of LH-RH neurons to the OVLT is believed to originate from perikarya adjacent to this circumventricular organ.
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    Cell & tissue research 198 (1979), S. 427-433 
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    Keywords: Arcuate nucleus ; Rat ; Hypothalamic deafferentation ; Synaptic plasticity ; Estrogen
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    Notes: Summary In order to examine the effect of estrogen on the synaptic structures in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARCN), semi-quantitative studies were performed by counting synapses in an 18,000 μm2 area in the middle part of the ARCN in each brain. In ovariectomized female rats injected with 2 μg of estradiol benzoate (EB) for three weeks, the mean numbers of axodendritic and axosomatic synapses were not significantly different from those in the intact and ovariectomized controls. When the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) including the ARCN was isolated by use of a Halász knife (MBH island), the mean number of axodendritic synapses was decreased to about half of the controls. However, EB treatment for three weeks from the day of surgery effectively restored the axodendritic synaptic population of the deafferented ARCN. This may suggest that estrogen has a facilitatory effect on axodendritic synapse formation in the deafferented ARCN, presumably by stimulating axonal sprouting and synaptic regeneration of intact axons in the MBH island.
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    Cell & tissue research 198 (1979), S. 441-454 
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    Keywords: Testis ; Rat ; Seminiferous tubule ; Transitional zone ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary An electron microscopic study was made on the structure of the testicular transitional zone (TZ) in the adult rat. The TZ proper consists of modified Sertoli cells, with only a few spermatogonia and macrophages, surrounding distally a very narrow lumen. The TZ Sertoli cells have nuclei with a somewhat coarser matrix and more peripheral heterochromatin than Sertoli cell nuclei of the nearby seminiferous tubules, and the electron density of the cytoplasm varies from cell to cell. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is abundant, but usually there are also scattered ribosomal rosettes and an occasional profile of rough endoplasmic reticulum. Microtubules are very numerous in the columnar portion of the cell, and laminar structures seemingly joining the cell surfaces are sometimes seen. Lipid droplets and lysosomal structures are frequent cellular components in proximal TZ Sertoli cells. Empty intracellular vacuoles are abundant, sometimes arranged around areas of smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Occasionally, membrane-limited fine granules and vacuoles are seen within Sertoli cells and also in the TZ lumen, suggesting a possible secretory activity by these cells. The apical processes of the Sertoli cells form large vacuolar structures, and in the basal parts of the epithelium vacuoles with capillary-like appearance are frequently seen. Phagocytosis of germinal cells by the Sertoli cells occurs in the proximal region of the TZ. Round waste bodies in contact with the Sertoli cell apices protruding into the tubulus rectus, are also common. The tunica propria of the TZ is thickened and somewhat wrinkled, and in the proximal region the myoid cell layer loses its continuity and is replaced by fibroblasts. The epithelium of the tubulus rectus adjacent to the TZ consists of several overlapping epithelial cells. The typical junctional complexes between TZ Sertoli cells appear to be impermeable to the lanthanum tracer.
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    Cell & tissue research 199 (1979), S. 483-492 
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    Keywords: Pituitary gland ; Rat ; Luteotroph cells ; Pimozide ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The effects of pimozide, a dopamine receptor-blocking agent, were studied in the pars distalis of the rat. The animals received 100μg/100 g pimozide daily for 5, 10, 15, and 20 days. Pimozide induces striking ultrastructural changes after 5 days of treatment. The number of luteotroph (LTH) cells is significantly increased; they display characteristics of stimulation. The extrusion of granules into the intercellular space via exocytosis is frequently observed. The intercellular spaces are highly dilated, forming a lacunar system filled with an amorphous material, erythrocytes and involuted LTH cells. Transitional stages in the process of involution are observed in LTH cells. Luteotroph cells also form a syncytium. Twenty days after treatment the abovedescribed changes decrease in magnitude. The present findings suggest that pimozide stimulates the mechanism of synthesis and release in the luteotroph cells, an effect that is less evident with longer treatment.
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    Keywords: Pars distalis ; Graft ; Ultrastructure ; Prolactin ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Intact female rats received transplants of two hypophysial partes distales under the kidney capsule. The plasma levels of prolactin were determined, and the ultrastructure of the grafted gland was studied 15, 45 and 90 days after the operation. Although prolactin levels in the three experimental groups were significantly higher than those in control rats, a decrease in prolactin level was detected in the 45-day samples. Parallel ultrastructural changes suggest that between the 45th and 90th postoperative day a process is initiated leading to hyperplasia and hypertrophy of prolactotrophs.
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    Cell & tissue research 204 (1979), S. 147-153 
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    Keywords: Granulocytes ; Lymphocytes ; Monocytes ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Chicken
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    Notes: Summary Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, e.g., neutrophilic granulocytes, were enriched from heparinized blood by a Ficoll-step-gradient centrifugation procedure. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed a surface morphology of narrow ridge-like profiles and small ruffles with occasional microprocesses. Mononuclear leukocytes were isolated by centrifugation over a Ficoll-Metrizoat gradient. The lymphocytes showed varying numbers of microvilli of different length, size and shape. B lymphocytes, characterized by their capability of “sheep red blood cell (SRBC)-rosette formation”, displayed a similar surface morphology. Completely smooth lymphocytes, described in the literature as T lymphocytes, could not be detected, although many lymphocytes with few microprocesses were observed. Thus, SEM is not a useful tool for distinguishing between B and T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of chickens. Monocytes were characterized by prominent membrane-like ruffles, but in some cases they closely resembled granulocytes. An influence of the various separation media on the surface morphology of the isolated cells could not be detected when compared with cells isolated by the buffy-coat method.
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    Cell & tissue research 199 (1979), S. 145-151 
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    Keywords: Carotid body ; Aortic body ; Calcium ; X-ray microanalysis
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    Notes: Summary Chief cells of the carotid and aortic body chemoreceptors possess numerous cytoplasmic dense-core vesicles which are known to contain primarily dopamine. Following fixation in solutions containing 50 mM CaCl2, a 20–30 nm electron-dense particle (EDP) is often observed eccentrically located in many of the vesicles. Approximately 44 % of the carotid body and 16 % of the aortic body vesicles contain an EDP. The EDP probably represents the Ca+ + binding site critical to the stimulus-secretion coupling events culminating in exocytosis of these vesicles. The presence of Ca+ + in the cytoplasmic vesicles was verified by electron probe X-ray microanalysis.
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    Cell & tissue research 199 (1979), S. 271-279 
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    Keywords: Subsurface cisterns ; Neurons ; Paraventricular nucleus ; Hypothalamus ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Structures identified as subsurface cisterns (SSC's) were found in neurons of the paraventricular nuclei of the rat hypothalamus. They appeared as cytoplasmic organelles consisting most often of stacks of parallel cisterns apposed to the neuronal plasmalemma. These SSC's were located in the interneurons of the parvocellular system, but not in neurosecretory cells and glial cells. SSC's were seen at zones of cytoplasm apposed to neuronal or glial cell processes, showing in some instances specific relationships with synaptic areas. The morphological features of these SSC's are described, and their possible functional significance is briefly discussed.
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    Keywords: Hypothalamo-hypophysial system ; Rat ; Tanycytes ; Ontogeny
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    Notes: Summary The differentiation of tanycytes was studied light and electron microscopically during the perinatal period in rats, the time when functional connections between hypothalamus and hypophysis are established. The 3rd ventricle is slit-like between 16 and 18 days of the prenatal period. Its wall is formed by intensively proliferating matrix cells with apical processes, ovoid perikarya and a basal process. The ventral region of the 3rd ventricle becomes funnel-shaped on the 20th day of the prenatal period. As the cells differentiate, the apical process becomes shorter and broader. Moreover, on day 20 of prenatal life cells without apical processes appear. Their number increases during the postnatal period. The concentration of endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, polysomes, lipid droplets, dense bodies (lysosomes), lamellated and multivesicular bodies increases. Initially the cells are similar but from the 3rd day of postnatal life differentiation occurs in different regions of the infundibular recess. After the 5th day, there are no marked changes in the structure and distribution of these cells.
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    Cell & tissue research 201 (1979), S. 377-408 
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    Keywords: Median eminence ; Tanycytes ; Nerve tracts ; Regional organization ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The structural organization of the rostral, lateral and postinfundibular regions of the median eminence (ME) of 5-day cyclic diestrous rats was studied with light and electron microscopic methods. The ependymal cells lining (i) the floor of the infundibular recess (IR) at rostral levels, (ii) the lateral extensions of the IR, and (iii) the floor of the premammillary recess appear to represent the same type of tanycyte ependyma (β1 tanycytes). In the entire width of the rostral and postinfundibular palisade regions, as well as in the lateral palisade region of the preinfundibular ME, the processes of the β1 tanycytes form a continuous cuff. This cuff separates the nerve endings from the blood vessels and the pars tuberalis. At this level, synaptoid contacts between neurosecretory axons and the ependymal cuff can be observed. The ultrastructural characteristics of the β1 tanycytes are described and their ependymal endings tentatively classified into three types. In the lateral regions of the ME, the Golgi study revealed the presence of two fiber systems: (i) one possessing a latero-medial trajectory and distributed in the subependymal region; (ii) the other formed by a loose longitudinal tract originating from neurons of the arcuate nucleus. Some functional implications of the cellular organization of the rat ME are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 201 (1979), S. 349-359 
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    Keywords: Hypothalamus ; Rat ; Somatostatin-containing neurons ; Immunocytochemistry
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    Notes: Summary The rat hypothalamus was studied at the light microscopic level with the use of single and double immunocytochemical staining methods. It was shown that the rat supraoptic and paraventricular hypothalamic nuclei, and their accessory neurosecretory nuclei, do not contain magnocellular somatostatin neurons. The distribution of the hypothalamic parvocellular somatostatin cells is described. The parvocellular component of the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus is, at least partly, composed of somatostatin cells: they form a fairly well circumscribed periventricular cell mass. The rat suprachiasmatic nuclei contain separate somatostatin neurons and vasopressin neurons. Scattered somatostatin cells are present in the entire arcuate nucleus. In addition to the periventricular somatostatin cells located in the preopticanterior hypothalamic area and in the arcuate nucleus, the rat hypothalamus also contains numerous scattered somatostatin cells located distant from the third ventricle.
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    Cell & tissue research 199 (1979), S. 349-352 
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    Keywords: Spermatozoa ; Mitochondria ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary As seen by scanning electron microscopy, the mitochondrial helix in the developing midpiece of mouse testicular spermatozoa is dextral in direction and consists of spherical mitochondrial units arranged in an orderly array of four units per gyre: three appearing in face view and a fourth hidden from view at the back of the gyre. As the spermatozoa mature, the dextral helix is transformed into a sinistral helix. Its constituent spherical mitochondria either change direction abruptly without changing shape; or having first become semilunar or diamond-shaped, they change direction gradually. Mitochondrial division follows the change in helical pitch producing a double sinistral helix. The spherical (or semilunar/diamond-shaped) mitochondria presumably elongate to form the units of the mature midpiece.
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    Cell & tissue research 201 (1979), S. 93-99 
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    Keywords: Pituitary cell ; Gonadotrophs ; Culture ; Cell lines ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Gonadotroph-rich cell lines were established from multipotential pituitary clonal cells (2A8) which were implanted under kidney capsule of hypophysectomized female rats. These cell lines secrete gonadotrophins (FSH and LH) continuously over two months after establishment; LHRH stimulated the secretion of hormones into the culture medium. Many of the cells reacted immunohistochemically to antiserum to FSH or LH, while a small number reacted to antiserum to prolactin or TSH. They did not contain normal secretory granules such as those of gonadotrophs in vivo.
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    Cell & tissue research 201 (1979), S. 129-135 
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    Keywords: Pineal body ; Freeze-fracturing ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Wistar rat
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    Notes: Summary The three-dimensional ultrastructure of the pineal body of the rat is described on the basis of freeze-fractured preparations. The pineal capsule consists of irregular cells with very flat and perforated processes. Through these openings, extremely branched canaliculi, extending to almost every pineal cell, communicate with the tissue compartment outside the organ. The pericapillary spaces contain, in juxtaposition with capillaries of the fenestrated type, nerve fibers as well as a flocculent granular and filamentous material of unknown origin and chemical nature.
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    Cell & tissue research 201 (1979), S. 499-502 
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    Keywords: Monoamine fluorescence ; Microfluorometry ; Computer-assisted correction ; Hypothalamus ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary In a circumscribed area of the preoptic periventricular nucleus of a male rat, formaldehyde-induced monoamine fluorophores modified by treatment with HCl vapors were investigated microfluorometrically (measurement of excitation peak ratio 370∶320 nm) in all fluorescent terminals and preterminals. Microfluorometric recordings of an individual fluorescent structure were performed without UV irradiation of neighboring fluorophores. Recorded data were sampled and corrected by a microcomputer (WangPCS II). 19 neuronal processes (axons) contained noradrenaline fluorophores; 11 contained dopamine fluorophores; 6 exhibited uncharacteristic excitation peak ratios; and in 9 recordings technical problems did not allow identification of the fluorophore content.
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    Cell & tissue research 202 (1979), S. 1-7 
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    Keywords: Matrix vesicles ; Normal bone ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The occurrence of vesicles in the extracellular matrix of alveolar bone of normal young rats was demonstrated by both ultrastructural and enzymatic studies. Transmission electron microscopy revealed abundant vesicles in the matrix. The presence of hydroxyapatite crystals, both within the vesicles and in the matrix, was affiliated with rupture of the vesicular membrane. Calcifying nodules were scarce. High levels of both specific and total activities of alkalineand pyrophosphatases were found in the fraction of isolated vesicles. This fraction also showed activities of different ATPases and acid phosphatase.
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    Keywords: Median eminence ; Rat ; Serotonin ; Quantitative light and electron microscopic radioautography
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    Notes: Summary Serotonin containing structures in the median eminence of the rat have been studied by quantitative light and electron microscopic radioautography following intraventricular infusion of tritiated 5-hydroxytryptophan. One hour after injection of the tracer the highest density of silver grains was recorded in the ependymal and external zones, especially in the lateral palisade zone. The proportion of labelled neurosecretory terminals was also larger in the lateral palisade zone (29%) as compared with the medial palisade zone (13%), although the mean number of developed silver grains per one terminal was higher in the latter. On the average, 16% of neurosecretory terminals sequestered radiolabelled 5-hydroxytryptophan in the external zone of the rat median eminence. It is suggested that serotonin, like catecholamines, is discharged from neurosecretory terminals localized in the external zone and via the portal circulation affects the function of the anterior pituitary. The sites of origin of serotoninergic structures of the median eminence as well as the possible role of monoamine (catecholamine and indolamine) neurohormones in a dual peptidergic and monoaminergic control of anterior pituitary functions are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 203 (1979), S. 53-64 
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    Keywords: Brain ; Third ventricle ; Rana temporaria ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The surface specializations of the wall of the third cerebral ventricle of Rana temporaria were investigated with the scanning electron microscope. These specializations can be divided into three types: cilia, large bulbous protrusions, and microvillus-like protrusions. Most parts of the ventricular surface are densely ciliated. In contrast, other regions are either scantily ciliated or devoid of cilia. Four areas of the ventricular surface are studded with numerous large bulbous protrusions. These large protrusions can be divided into two types: One type consists of intraventricular end bulbs of dendrites of secretory neurons. The other type is represented by large cytoplasmic extensions of ependymal cells. In the third ventricle of Rana, microvillus-like surface specializations of ependymal cells are ubiquitous structures. Generally, filiform protrusions of varying length are the predominant type. The microvillus-like specializations are transient structures, the number of which varies according to different physiological states of the ependymal cells.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 125-127 
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    Keywords: Best. von Phosphor in Stahl ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; flammenlos, ZrC-beschichtete Graphitrohrküvette
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A flameless atomic-absorption method for determination of phosphorus is developed, employing zirconium treated graphite tubes. The great improvement of the sensitivity with these tubes eliminates the necessity of adding La(NO3)3. The sensitivity does not vary from tube to tube and its maximal value is attained within the first 2–3 firings. The atomization signal is practically the same within the range of 2,600–2,800° C when the rise of the temperature is high (〉 1,500° C/s). The best signal to noise ratio is obtained at 2,600° C. The detection limit is 0.05 ppm with injection of 50 μl. The method is applied to the analysis of a standard steel sample.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Durch Verwendung einer ZrC-beschichteten Graphitrohrküvette wurde eine wesentliche Erhöhung der Empfindlichkeit erzielt, ohne daß eine Zugabe von La(NO3)3 nötig wäre. Bei Küvettenwechsel ändert sich die Empfindlichkeit nicht. Das maximale Signal wird während der ersten 2–3 Bestimmungen erreicht. Das Atomisierungssignal bleibt im Bereich zwischen 2600 und 2800 °C praktisch unverändert. Das Signal/Rausch-Verhältnis ist bei 2600 °C am größten. Die Nachweisgrenze beträgt 0,05 ppm bei 50 μl. Die Methode wurde zur Analyse von Stahlstandardproben angewendet.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 345-349 
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    Keywords: Best. von Kupfer, Blei, Zink ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Flamme, chromatogr. Trennung
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The sample of seawater (51) is freed from solid particles, buffered at pH 5.6 and percolated through a column filled with ED3A. After sample passage 15 ml 1 M hydrochloric acid solution are pumped through the column to dissolve the concentrated ions. The final measurement using flame atomic absorption is carried out in the hydrochloric acid solution. The total labour time is less than 15 min. The standard deviations (4 analyses) for the determination of Cu, Pb and Zn (in the normal concentration range of 2–6 μg · l−1) were 2–5%, 5% and 1–10%, the recoveries 100%, 102% and 104%, respectively. A concentration coefficient of 300–500 was obtained.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Probe Meereswasser (51) wird nach Entfernen der festen Teilchen auf einen pH-Wert von 5,6 gepuffert und durch eine Trennsäule mit ED3A geführt. Die angereicherten Metallionen werden mit 15 ml 1 M HCl-Lösung eluiert. Anschließend erfolgt die Bestimmung durch Flammenatomabsorption. Die Methode erfordert insgesamt weniger als 15 min Arbeitszeit. Die Standardabweichungen (4 Best.) betragen für Cu, Pb und Zn (im normalen Bereich von etwa 2–6 μg·l−1) etwa 2–5%, 5% und 1–10%, die Wiederfindungsraten 100%, 102% bzw. 104%. Der Konzentrationskoeffizient beträgt 300 bis 500.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 135-139 
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    Keywords: Best. von Chrom ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Störung durch Fremdelemente
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The interfering effect of thirty six metal salts on chromium absorbance in the air-acetylene flame has been studied. The interference does not depend on the boiling point of the added foreign metals or particle size as previously assumed but is postulated to result from the formation of mixed oxides or bimetallic species or from suppression of ionized gaseous chromium pressure. The effect of the alkali sulphates as releasing agents in the determination of chromium has been tested and results show that they can be used to eliminate both suppressive and enhancing interferents.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Störungsmöglichkeiten von 36 verschiedenen Metallsalzen bei der AAS-Bestimmung von Chrom mit Hilfe der Luft-Acetylen-Flamme wurden systematisch untersucht. Dabei stellte sich heraus, daß der Einfluß dieser Salze nicht — wie früher angenommen — vom Siedepunkt der betreffenden Metalle oder der Teilchengröße abhängt, sondern von der Bildung von Mischoxiden, Bimetallverbindungen oder von der Herabsetzung des Chromdampfdrucks. Weiterhin wurde die Wirkung von Alkalisulfaten als Releasing-Reagentien untersucht und gefunden, daß diese sowohl bei abschwächender als auch verstärkender Wirkung angewendet werden können.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 128-134 
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    Keywords: Best. von Chrom ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Arbeitsbedingungen, Einflüsse
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wurde die Vielfältigkeit der Einflüsse von Mineralsäuren, Lösungsgenossen, Brennererwärmung und der Wertigkeit des Ions, welche insgesamt die Bestimmung von Chrom mittels AAS sehr problematisch gestalten, systematisch untersucht. Durch Verwendung einer brenngasarmen Acetylen-Lachgasflamme werden diese Schwierigkeiten weitestgehend beseitigt, was an hochprozentigen Normstählen demonstriert wird.
    Notes: Summary The variety of influences, such as mineral acids, heating of the burner head, solvent components and valency of the ion, was examined systematically. By use of a lean acetylene-nitrous oxide flame these difficulties can by eleminated extensively, and this is demonstrated on high chromium standard steels.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 159-160 
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    Keywords: Best. von Lithium ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Graphitrohrküvette, Isotopie-Effekte
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 337-344 
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    Keywords: Best. von Selen ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Spuren, Hydrid, Elementquerstörungen
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Natriumborhydrid-Reduktionsmethode zur Austreibung des Selens aus sauren Probenlösungen in Kombination mit einer AAS-Bestimmung des Selens in einer geheizten Quarzküvette (Hydridsystem MHS-1 der Firma Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer, Überlingen) wird durch die Gegenwart zahlreicher Begleitelemente selbst im Spurenbereich gestört. Bei der Bestimmung von 5–100 ng Se in 20 ml 0,3 N salzsaurer Probenlösung verursachen ca. 0,7 μg Ag+;1,5 μg Sb3+;3 μg Au3+; 5 μg Cu2+; 6 μg As3+; 25 μg Sb5+; 30 μg As5+; 60 μg Ni2+; 200 μg Pt4+ bzw. Mn7+; 700 μg Co2+; 1,5 mg Pb2+; 3 mg Cr6+ und 5 mg Hg2+ jeweils Erniedrigungen des Se-Signals um 50%. 4 μg Sn2+/Sn4+ bzw. 6 μg Bi3+ führen zu einer 30 %igen Erniedrigung. Fe2+/Fe3+ stören ab Mengen ≥400 μg. Te4+ ≤ 300 μg, Alkali- und Erdalkalimengen≤25 mg sowie Mengen ≤ 5mg Al3+, Cr3+, Mn2+ und Zn2+ waren ohne Einfluß auf die Ausbeute der Selenhydrid-Bildung. Die Störungen sind stark abhängig von der vorgegebenen HCl-Konzentration in der Probenlösung. Weitere Quellen für systematische Fehler des Verfahrens wurden untersucht und teilweise behoben. Das Hydrid-AAS-Verfahren kann nicht zur direkten Bestimmung von Selenspuren (ng/g-Bereich) in metallischen, geologischen und biologischen Matrices empfohlen werden, wenn die Gehalte der störenden Begleitelemente in der Probe bestimmte Grenzkonzentrationen überschreiten, die numerisch stark von der apparativen Anordnung und den Versuchsparametern abhängen.
    Notes: Summary The sodium boro hydride-reduction method for the liberation of selenium from acid sample solutions in connection with its determination by AAS using a heatable optical cell made of quartz (hydride system MHS-1, Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer, Überlingen, F.R.G.) is interfered with by numerous concomitant elements occurring even in the trace range in the sample solution. In the determination of 5–100 ng of selenium in 20 ml sample solution 0.3 N in HCl, 0.7 μg of Ag+; 1.5 μg of Sb3+; 3 μg of Au3+; 5 μg of Cu2+; 6 μg of As3+;25 μg of Sb5+; 30 μg of As5+; 60 μg of Ni2+; 200 μg of Pt4+ and Mn7+; 700 μg of Co+; 1.5 mg of Pb2+; 3 mg of Cr6+ and 5 mg Hg2+ cause a depression of the Se-signal of 50%. 4 μg of Sn2+/Sn4+ and 6 μg of Bi3+ cause a depression of 30%. Fe2+ /Fe3+ interfere only if present in quantities ≥400 μg. Te4+ in quantities ≤300 μg, alkali metals and alkaline earths ≤25 mg, and Al3+, Cr3+, Mn2+ and Zn2+ ≤5 mg do not affect the selenium hydride formation. The interferences depend very strongly on the used HCl concentration in the sample solution. Further sources of systematic errors are investigated and partly eliminated. The hydride-AAS procedure cannot be recommended for the determination of traces of selenium (ng/g-range) directly in metallic, geological or biological matrices, if the levels of the interfering concomitants reach above a certain threshold concentration, which numerically depend strongly on the apparatus and the parameters of the analysis.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 374-376 
    ISSN: 1618-2650
    Keywords: Best. von Cadmium in Aluminium ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Verflüchtigung aus Reinstaluminium
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung kleinster Mengen Cadmium beschrieben, bei dem Cadmium zunächst aus Reinstaluminium verflüchtigt und dann im Wasserstoffstrom entweder on-line oder off-line mit der flammenlosen AAS bestimmt wird. 23 ppb Cadmium konnten bestimmt werden.
    Notes: Summary A method is described for the determination of low concentrations of cadmium. In the first step cadmium is volatilized out of very pure aluminium and subsequently determined in a H2 stream either off-line or on-line with flameless AAS. 23 ppb of cadmium could be determined.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 377-379 
    ISSN: 1618-2650
    Keywords: Best. von Arsen in Blei, Bleilegierungen ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Red. zu Arsin
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung von μg/g- bis mg/g-Gehalten Arsen in Blei und Bleilegierungen beschrieben. Das Arsen wird dazu mit NaBH4 als AsH3 aus der Probenlösung ausgetrieben und atomabsorptions-spektrometrisch in einer geheizten Quarzküvette bestimmt. Durch geeignete Arbeitsbedingungen werden Störungen durch die Matrix ausgeschaltet. Für den gesamten Arbeitsbereich beträgt die relative Standardabweichung etwa 3% (N=12); die Nachweisgrenze (3 σ-Grenze) wurde zu 0,1 μg/g As ermittelt.
    Notes: Summary A method is described for the determination of μg/g to mg/g concentrations of As in lead and lead alloys. For that purpose arsenic is blown out from the sample solutions as AsH3 by use of NaBH4 and determined by AAS in a heated quartz cuvette. Using suitable conditions disturbances caused by the matrix are eliminated. The relative standard deviation over the whole working range is about 3% (N=12); the detection limit (3 σ) was found to be 0.1 μg/g As.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 296 (1979), S. 114-124 
    ISSN: 1618-2650
    Keywords: Best. von Spurenelementen, Schwermetallen in Wasser ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Bodensee
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Monatliche AAS-Messungen im Jahre 1977 auf die Elemente As, Pb, Cd, Cr, Hg, Se, Zn, Fe, Mn, Ni, Co, Al und B im Rohwasser und im Trinkwasser des Zweckverbandes Bodenseewasserversorgung sowie an ausgewählten Tiefenprofilen im Überlinger See werden diskutiert. Die angewandten Untersuchungsmethoden werden eingehend erläutert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß der Gehalt der toxischen Metalle im Bodenseewasser unter 1% der laut Trinkwasserverordnung zulässigen Grenzkonzentrationen liegt. Die höchsten Konzentrationen mit maximal 7% des Grenzwertes wurden beim Element Arsen gefunden — eine für die Bodenseetrinkwasserwerke jedoch immer noch beruhigende Zahl. Dennoch soll speziell diesem Element in weitergehenden Untersuchungen erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet werden.
    Notes: Summary A survey is given based on monthly measurements over a one-year period (1977) to determine the trace metals in the raw and drinking water and in two vertical profiles of the Lake of Constance (Überlinger See) by means of atomic absorption spectrometry. The methods used are discussed in detail. The results showed that the content of the toxic metals Hg, Se, Pb, Cr and Cd amounts to less than 1% of the concentration limits due to German law. The highest concentrations were found for the element As, which reached about 7% of the limiting concentration. Further investigations are therefore concerned with this element.
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    Protoplasma 100 (1979), S. 139-153 
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Aegilops comosa var.thessalica ; Cell wall ; Development ; Mestome sheath cells ; Microtubules ; Suberized lamella
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    Notes: Summary The development of mestome sheath cells ofAegilops comosa var.thessalica was studied by electron microscopy. Anatomical and cytological observations show that this grass belongs to the C3 or non-Kranz plants. In the asymmetrically thickened walls of mestome sheath cells a suberized lamella is present. This lamella is deposited asynchronously. In the midrib and the large lateral bundles it appears first in the outer and inner walls and usually later in the radial walls. In the small lateral bundles its appearance is delayed in the inner walls of those cells situated on the xylem side. At maturity the suberized lamella is observed in all cell walls; however, in the small lateral bundles it is partly or totally absent from the walls of some cells situated on the xylem side. Tertiary wall formation is asynchronous as well, for it generally follows the deposition pattern of the suberized lamella. During the development of the mestome sheath cells microtubules show marked changes in their number and orientation, being fewer and longitudinal during suberin deposition. Dictyosomes are very active and may be involved in primary and tertiary wall formation. Endoplasmic reticulum cisternae are abundant and partly smooth, while plasmalemmasomes may function to reduce the plasmalemma extension. However, cytoplasmic structures that are clearly involved in suberin synthesis could not be identified. Suberized lamellae react strongly with silver hexamine. This is probably due to post-fixation with osmium tetroxide. On the basis of structural characteristics the mestome sheath may be regarded as an endodermis (cf., alsoFahn 1974). The significance of this view for water and assimilate exchange between the mesophyll and the bundle is discussed.
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    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: Ash alkalinity ; Calcium ; Cation distribution ; Humidity ; Magnesium ; Mineral composition ; Oxalate ; Pectate ; Tomato
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Tomato plants grown in water culture under two different humidity regimes (50% R.H. and 95% R.H.) were harvested at intervals over the growth period and cation uptake and calcium distribution investigated. The following results were obtained: 1. Plants in the high humidity regime initially grew faster but at the final harvest after 22 days, dry matter yields were the same. 2. In the high humidity treatment particularly towards the end of the experiment, the growth of the young leaves was disturbed and the plants showed symptoms resembling Ca or B deficiency. Analysis revealed that these tissues were lower in Ca than comparative tissues of the low humidity plants. The converse was true for B. 3. Cation uptake was little affected by the humidity treatment. However, the distribution of calcium within the plant was markedly influenced by humidity. In the high humidity treatment the level of Ca in the young leaves was very low and Ca accumulated in the stems. A high proportion of both Ca and Mg in these younger Ca deficient leaves was found to be associated with pectate. The same trend was observed in the stems, more of the Ca and Mg in this case being bound to oxalate as well as pectate. These results further indicate the possible significance of exchange movement of Ca particularly under low transpiration conditions when Ca transport by mass flow is restricted. 4. Xylem sap analysis showed a close cation-anion balance in all samples. NO3-ion was the predominant anion and the two major cations were K and Ca. This provides further evidence that the upper plant parts provide the major site of NO3-reduction in the tomato plant.
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    Cell & tissue research 197 (1979), S. 443-451 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Ameloblasts ; Cell death ; Incisors ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The migration of the ameloblasts in the continuously erupting incisors of the rat is accompanied by cell loss. Ameloblasts degenerate near the mesial and lateral cemento-enamel junctions in the secretory zone and in the middle two thirds of the region of postsecretory transition, degeneration being most marked where these areas merge. These findings support the hypothesis that the prism decussation in the enamel results from alternating transverse rows of secretory ameloblasts sliding past each other whilst elaborating their rods. The distribution of the degenerating cells suggests, however, that the sliding cell rows are not exactly transverse but arcuate, with the opening facing incisally. The progress of structural alterations of the nuclei in the degenerating ameloblasts appears to follow the pattern earlier described in vinblastine-damaged ameloblasts.
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    Cell & tissue research 198 (1979), S. 145-158 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Dorsal prostate gland ; Rat ; Apocrine secretion ; Prolactin
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    Notes: Summary Rat dorsal prostate epithelium was studied in intact adult animals, in animals castrated for three days and in rats after inhibition of prolactin secretion. Thin sections, electron-microscopic autoradiographs and freeze-fracture replicas were used to analyze the process of apocrine secretion in this gland. The rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus of the secretory cells are well developed, but secretory granules are absent. The only sign indicating release of secretory material is the appearance of blebs originating from the apical plasma membrane. Freeze-fracture replicas of the apical plasma membrane reveal that the blebs develop randomly from the bases of microvilli-like protrusions. In vitro pulse labeling of the proteins using 3H-leucine resulted in a labeling of the apical blebs. A post-castration period of three days was sufficient to reduce drastically the number and size of the apical blebs concomitant with regressive changes of the cell. Suppression of prolactin secretion for three weeks by application of lisuride, a synthetic ergot alkaloid, also induced regressive changes in the secretory cells. The apical blebs were still present, but they were shrunken and their content appeared condensed. These experimental conditions proved that the apical blebs are closely related to the functional activity of the cells and are interpreted as true apocrine secretion in the rat dorsal epithelium.
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    Cell & tissue research 197 (1979), S. 169-173 
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    Keywords: Fourth ventricle ; Ependyma ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Domestic fowl
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    Notes: Summary Surface features of the ependymal linings of the fourth ventricle in the fowl were analyzed employing the scanning electron microscope (SEM). On the floor of the median sulcus, each ependymal cell has a solitary cilium, whereas on both sides of the sulcus, cilia are so densely distributed that the details of the underlying cell surface are usually obscured. On the roof of the fourth ventricle, except for the surface of the ciliated groove where numerous cilia are present, the ependymal cells are polygonal in shape, and the center of each cell possesses an aggregate of ten to twenty cilia. Cell surfaces of the choroid tela are entirely covered with delicate microvilli and possess clumped cilia. The ependymal cell surfaces of the area postrema are dome-like in shape. Each ependymal cell has a solitary cilium and shows a smooth surface free of microvilli.
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    Cell & tissue research 203 (1979), S. 223-229 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Nuclear inclusions ; Neurons ; Paraventricular nucleus ; Hypothalamus ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary This paper deals with the ultrastructure of two types of intranuclear inclusions, “microfilamentous spindle-shaped” and “crystalloid”, present in paraventricular nucleus neurons of adult normal rats. These inclusions appear occasionally in some non-secretory neurons of the parvocellular system, but have never been seen in neurosecretory cells of the magnocellular system. The microfilamentous spindle-shaped inclusions show a close spatial relationship with the granulofibrillar body and interchromatin granules. The distribution and functional significance of such structures are discussed in the light of recent ultrastructural and biochemical studies on nuclear inclusions.
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    Cell & tissue research 203 (1979), S. 283-289 
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    Keywords: Radula ; Tooth formation ; Pulmonates ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The radular teeth are secreted at the posterior end of the radular gland and move slowly towards the buccal cavity where they start to function. Helix pomatia and Limax flavus were examined to determine whether the newly formed teeth already show their definite species specific shape, or whether they are gradually finished and moulded in the radular gland. Scanning electron micrographs of Helix pomatia show that teeth are secreted in the odontoblast region in their final form. Their surface is still uneven at the outset; the same is true for the newest teeth of Limax flavus. Older teeth ready for use have a smooth surface. This change seems to be brought about by secretory activity of the superior epithelium of the radular sac. Air-dried radulae, previously isolated by KOH maceration, show considerable artefacts at their posterior end. Maceration leads to shrinking of the newest teeth, but does not change their contours. The newly secreted but as yet unhardened teeth become greatly deformed during the drying process.
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    Cell & tissue research 203 (1979), S. 321-329 
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    Keywords: Salivary gland ; Development ; Isoproterenol ; Morphology ; Function
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    Notes: Summary The cellular mechanisms responsible for the structural and functional alterations produced in salivary glands by isoproterenol (ISP) were investigated. Postnatal rats were injected with ISP, and alterations in the structure and protein components of the submandibular glands were determined. Normal age-dependent protein patterns detected by electrophoresis are attributed to the biochemical and functional differentiation of proacinar and acinar secretory cells and correlate with structural changes in these cells. Structural changes induced by ISP involve the acinar cells without detectably altering terminal tubule cells. In addition, synthesis of a specific protein by the glands is enhanced by ISP treatment. By comparing protein patterns in the submandibular glands of control and treated rats, it was concluded that ISP increases synthesis of a specific salivary protein normally produced by proacinar cells during a limited period of glandular development. These results suggest that a neurally mediated regulatory mechanism that becomes altered by ISP plays a role in normal salivary gland development.
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    Keywords: Fish thrombocyte ; Open canalicular system ; Three-dimensional architecture ; High voltage electron microscopy ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The presence and the three dimensional distribution of the surface connected canalicular system (SCCS) in thrombocytes of a teleost, Cyprinus carpio, were studied using a transmission electron microscope, a high voltage electron microscope and a scanning electron microscope. When the specimens were fixed routinely in glutaraldehyde followed by osmium tetroxide, numerous electron lucent vesicles and canaliculi were distributed throughout the cytoplasm. As ruthenium red-positive reaction product was observed on the inner surface of the vesicles and canaliculi, these are defined as the SCCS of carp thrombocytes. In the stereo-pair of the photographs of thick sectioned specimens and the plastic reconstruction of serially sectioned thrombocytes, we succeeded in finding the whole structure of the SCCS which is composed of numerous anastomosing canaliculi. Scanning electron micrographs revealed many crater-like depressions throughout the cell surface which seem to be the openings of the SCCS.
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    Keywords: Median eminence ; Rat ; Catecholamines ; Quantitative light and electron microscopic radioautography
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    Notes: Summary By means of light and electron microscopic radioautography a quantitative study of the regional distribution of catecholamines in the median eminence of the rat was carried out. One hour after intraventricular injection of 3H-dopamine the highest radioautographic reaction was recorded in the external zone, especially in the lateral palisade zone where many neurosecretory terminals are separated from the basal lamina of the portal pericapillary space by a glial “cuff”. This area showed the highest percentage (52%) of labelled catecholamine containing neurosecretory terminals as well as the maximal silver grain density per one terminal. In the medial palisade zone where direct neurovascular contacts with the capillary loops prevail, only 27 per cent of neurosecretory terminals were found to harbour tritiated dopamine. On the average 35 per cent of neurosecretory terminals in the median eminence of the rat contain catecholamines (both dopamine and noradrenaline). Pretreatment of animals with reserpine strongly reduced the binding of the label. Per cent of labelled neurosecretory terminals as well as grain density over terminals were decreased in both the medial and lateral palisade zones, although to a lesser degree in the latter. The site of origin of catecholamine fibers as well as the mode of catecholamine action at the level of the median eminence are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 204 (1979), S. 127-140 
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    Keywords: Somatostatin-like activity ; Retina ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary A somatostatin-like substance is demonstrated by light microscopic immunohistochemistry (PAP-method) in perikarya and cell processes of the retina of adult and infant rats. These perikarya are identified according to their size, arrangement and distribution. Each of the first two neuronal orders (receptors, bipolar cells, ganglionic cells) of the visual pathway can be associated with retinal cells reacting positively with anti-somatostatin. In the adult rat, perikarya and processes of (i) horizontal cells, (ii) amacrine cells and (iii) large neurons in the ganglionic layer are specifically labeled. The staining of middle-sized and small ganglion cells is probably caused by the close attachment of labeled fibers to non-reacting cells. Postnatally, the immunoreactive elements develop in parallel to the differentiation of the corresponding retinal layers. It is discussed whether the three types of retinal cells containing a somatostatin-like substance provide an inhibitory system to each of the two orders of retinal neurons.
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    Cell & tissue research 196 (1979), S. 147-151 
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    Keywords: Submaxillary salivary gland ; Secretory granules ; Glycoproteins ; Effect of heat ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Secretory granule area and glycoprotein concentration of the saliva in the submaxillary gland of rats were measured during various stages of acclimation to heat at 34±1° C. Granule size decreased by 18% during the first five days of heat acclimation (0.025〈p〈0.05) after which period it increased to reach 118% of the control levels after 28 days (p〈0.05). Glycoprotein concentration in the saliva of stimulated glands rose above control levels, reaching a maximum between the 2nd and 5th day of acclimation (p〈0.05). It was concluded that the initial decrease in granule size reflects a decrease in glycoprotein content following an increase in salivary flow known to occur at high ambient temperatures. The subsequent increase in granule size is considered an adaptation of the gland to continuous stimulation. The rise in salivary glycoprotein concentration suggests increased efficiency of the secretory mechanism.
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    Keywords: Hypothalamus ; Median eminence ; Intraependymal cisternae ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Structure, three-dimensional arrangement and ontogeny of large intracellular cisternae located in the median eminence region of the rat hypothalamus were studied using toluidin-blue stained semithin sections and electron microscopy. The cisternae occur along the projections of ependymal cells lining the ventral portion of the third ventricle (infundibular recess). Small cisternae can be seen close to the ventricle, whereas larger ones, divided into smaller compartments by thin septa, cluster near the surface of the hypothalamus. The cisternae are encompassed by a thin layer of cytoplasm to which axon terminals containing synaptic and dense core vesicles are closely related. Cisternae are arranged around the median eminence in a characteristic pattern. They occupy the midline in the retrochiasmatic area, flank both margins of the median eminence and extend caudally behind the origin of the pituitary stalk. The cisternae appear first between the 15th and 17th postnatal days. At about the 30th day their size and distribution resemble the situation observed in adult animals. The ependymal cisternae are suggested to be closely related to the luteinizing-hormone releasing-hormone (LH-RH)-containing fibers.
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    Keywords: Salamander skin ; Skin capillaries ; Poison gland capillaries ; Microcorrosion casts ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Microcorrosion casts of blood vessels in the skin of the spotted salamander, Salamandra salamandra L., were studied using scanning electron microscopy. The investigated vessels include a subepidermal network of respiratory capillaries and the vessels of poison glands. A hypothesis is proposed, according to which both types of vascular beds possess a common origin. Probable factors involved in the differentiation of the primary netword of the subepidermal vessels in larvae are indicated and speculation concerning the supposed mosaic type of circulation in the capillaries of the subepidermal respiratory bed is presented.
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    Cell & tissue research 197 (1979), S. 337-346 
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    Keywords: Development ; Median eminence ; Neurohypophysial hormones ; Corticotrophin releasing factor ; Immunoperoxidase histochemistry ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Transverse sections of the median eminence from fetal and neonatal rats were examined by the immunoperoxidase technique to detect the presence of oxytocin, vasopressin and neurophysin. Neurophysin was observed in the 18-day fetus. Vasopressin and oxytocin were not detected until after birth, on the 4th and 8th days respectively. There was an accumulation of material crossreactive with neurophysin and vasopressin antibodies in the palisade layer of the median eminence between the 4th and 9th days after birth. This distribution of immunoreactive material in the palisade layer was suggestive of neurosecretory substances localized in two fibre tracts on either side of the median eminence. The data are consistent with the accumulation of corticotropin releasing factor and an associated neurophysin in this area. It is suggested that the accumulation of material occurs because of the relative immaturity of the capillary loops that constitute the primary plexus of the hypophysial portal system.
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    Cell & tissue research 198 (1979), S. 129-136 
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    Keywords: Cerebral ventricles ; Ependyma ; Pores ; Subarachnoid space ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Amphibia
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    Notes: Summary Scanning electron microscopy of the caudal end of the roof of the fourth cerebral ventricle in four amphibian species shows that numerous pores occur between the ependymal cells. These pores have diameters ranging from 5–100 μm; they permit bulk flow of cerebrospinal fluid out of the ventricular system into the subarachnoid space.
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    Cell & tissue research 196 (1979), S. 23-38 
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    Keywords: Adrenal cortex ; Mammals ; Three-dimensional organization ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The adrenal cortex of different mammals was studied by SEM in order to demonstrate its actual three-dimensional organization. In the rat, as well as in the cat and pig, the adrenal cortex appeared as a “tunnelled continuum” of polyhedral cells arranged in plate-like structures (laminae). This laminar arrangement was more evident in the inner fasciculate and reticular zones where the cortex revealed a striking similarity to liver tissue. The polyhedral cells of all cortical zones possessed regular facets populated by small pits, larger invaginations and numerous microvilli with the exception of very short and smooth areas probably corresponding to attachment zones and/or gap junctions. This cellular architecture produced a labyrinthic system of intercellular channels or lacunae in which the capillaries were suspended. The pericapillary areas of this labyrinth contained microvilli, amorphous material, a delicate net of fibrils and occasional cells. The intercellular compartment of this lacunar system was mainly bordered by numerous microvilli arising from endocrine cells. The luminal surface of the capillary wall showed not only irregularly protruding margins (interpretable as endothelial junctions) but also clearly overlapping and flattened endothelial extensions. In all the animals and areas of the adrenal cortex examined, the endothelial wall was provided with abundant clusters of small fenestrations (about 50 nm in diameter) generally arranged in sieve plates. Larger fenestrations were noted mainly in the fasciculate and reticular zones of the cat and pig and occasionally in the rat. A final point related to the nature and significance of sinusoidal fenestrations was the occurrence of irregularly shaped and intracapillary located cells mainly noted in the deeper zones of the fasciculate and reticular zones of the gland. These elements — possessing the surface characteristics of macrophages — were observed, with their irregular and slender evaginations, in close proximity to the large fenestrations in a manner reminiscent of Kupffer cells within the lumen of liver sinusoids.
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    Cell & tissue research 196 (1979), S. 237-247 
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    Keywords: Liver ; Kupffer cells ; G6PDH activity ; Histochemistry ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The aim of this study was to identify the G6PDH-active sinusoidal cells in the rat liver described by Rieder et al. (1978). Because of their number and distribution in the liver parenchyma, endothelial cells and pit cells could be excluded. Fat-storing cells were specifically marked by vital staining with vitamin A and identified by fluorescence microscopy. Kupffer cells could be detected after vital staining with carmine. Both staining methods allowed a subsequent incubation for the demonstration of G6PDH activity in the same unfixed cryostat section. Whereas more than 80% of the fluorescent particles were found outside the enzyme-positive cells, all G6PDH-active cells contained carmine particles. After counting the G6PDH-active cells, an estimation of 0.217 × 108 cells/g liver tissue was obtained. The results indicate that high G6PDH activity is common to all Kupffer cells, and is therefore a highly specific marker enzyme for this class of sinusoidal liver cells.
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    Keywords: Neurosecretion ; Hypothalamo-hindbrain pathway ; Rat ; Blood pressure ; Milk ejection
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    Notes: Summary 1. In lactating rats and in rats deprived of water, the amount of neurosecretory material in the fibres of the neurosecretory hypothalamohindbrain pathway exceeds that in untreated control animals. Under these experimental conditions the pathway and its target regions can be well analysed by means of fluorescence and electron microscopic methods. 2. The axons belonging to the hypothalamo-hindbrain pathway originate from perikarya located in the caudal portion of the nucleus paraventricularis and also from a small group of perikarya in the caudo-lateral hypothalamus. On the way to the hindbrain the neurosecretory fibres join other fibre bundles of the mid- and hindbrain. 3. In the hindbrain most of the neurosecretory fibres terminate in the area of the nucleus tractus solitarii and in the area of the dorsal column nuclei. The axon terminals form synapses with other neurones. 4. Using cytochemical methods at the ultrastructural level (Naumann and Sterba, 1976), the authors were able to prove that the vesicles in the exohypothalamic fibres and in their synaptic terminals contain the same sort of material as the neurophysin vesicles in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis. 5. The most distinct increase in neurophysin was observed in lactating females which were separated from their sucklings after a normal lactation period of 15 days and killed four days thereafter, and in rats deprived of water for different time periods. 6. The relationship of the neurosecretory hypothalamo-hindbrain pathway to the nucleus tractus solitarii and to the dorsal column nuclei suggests that, functionally, there may be a correlation between the system of blood-pressure control and the milk ejection reflex.
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    Cell & tissue research 197 (1979), S. 539-543 
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    Keywords: Ventricular surface ; Paraventricular organ ; Domestic fowl ; Scanning electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The ventricular surface of the paraventricular organ in the domestic fowl is covered with supraependymal fiber elements. These fibers form a dense network having a web-like appearance and a coarse network of fibers running over the ventricular surface. The dense, web-like networks are mainly distributed throughout the caudal region of this organ, whereas the coarse networks are observed in the rostral region. In addition to these structures, spherical bodies with diameters approximately 2.5 to 6 μm are also encountered.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 299 (1979), S. 261-263 
    ISSN: 1618-2650
    Keywords: Best. von Kupfer in Zirkoniumsalzen ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; HF-Zusatz
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary An AAS method is described for the direct determination of traces of copper in zirconium(IV) oxide chloride and nitrate. An interference study of the zirconium matrix is reported. Best conditions for the removal of the suppressive effect of zirconium on the copper signal by addition of hydrofluoric acid are described. Results obtained by analyzing commercial samples from different manufacturers are presented.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Kupferverunreinigungen wurden in Zirkoniumoxidchlorid und -nitrat bestimmt. Störungen durch die Matrix wurden untersucht. Die abschwächende Wirkung des Zr auf das Cu-Signal wurde durch Zusatz von Fluorwasserstoffsäure beseitigt. Analysenergebnisse für verschiedene handelsübliche Zr-Salze werden mitgeteilt.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 297 (1979), S. 44-48 
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    Keywords: Best. von Uran ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Verbesserung durch Interferenzzusätze
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die nachstehend beschriebene Untersuchung zeigt, daß manche Metallionenzusätze Empfindlichkeitsverbesserungen bei der Bestimmung des Urans durch Flammen-AAS ergeben. Als wirksamster Zusatz wurde Gallium gefunden, das die Empfindlichkeit gegenüber reiner Uranlösung etwa um den Faktor 5 steigern kann. Durch die Anwendung der sogenannten Injektionsmethode kann mit kleinsten Probevolumen die zur Analyse notwendige Absolutmenge des Urans bis zur Nachweisgrenze von 0,5 μg vermindert werden. Zusätzlich wurde die bewährte Uran-Extraktions-Aufkonzentrierungsmethode mit Triphenylarsinoxid in CHCl3 für die AAS modifiziert, womit in vielen Fällen eine weitere Erniedrigung der Nachweisgrenze erzielt werden kann.
    Notes: Summary This paper describes some improvements in the sensitivity of the uranium analysis by atomic absorption spectrometry as obtained by addition of certain metallic ions to the solution in question. Thus a factor of about 5 can be achieved by addition of 10 mg of gallium/ml. By applying the injection method very small amounts of uranium down to 0.5 μg can be analyzed. The very efficient purification and concentration of the uranium by extraction with triphenylarsine oxide in chloroform was adapted to this AAS procedure, thus allowing even lower limits of detection.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 297 (1979), S. 381-383 
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    Keywords: Best. von Chrom(III), Chrom(VI) in Was-ser ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Extraktion mit APDC-MIBK
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary With the well-known APDC-MIBK extraction of dissolved trace metals from aqueous solutions for AAS analysis only Cr6+ is determined, whereas practically no Cr3+ is extracted. This technique was therefore modified (PHP-buffer; pH 4.7–5.5; 80° C; 20 min reaction time) so that hexavalent and trivalent chromium can be extracted simultaneously into the organic phase, thus allowing determination of the percentage of each of these ionic species in water (hexavalent chromium being determined separately). A procedure for the modified extraction is described.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Mit der bekannten APDC-MIBK-Extraktion gelöster Spurenmetalle aus wäßrigen Lösungen für die AAS-Analyse wird nur Cr6+ erfaßt, während Cr3+ praktisch nicht extrahiert wird. Die bisherige Methode wurde deshalb so modifiziert (PHP-Puffer; pH 4,7–5,5; 80° C; 20 min Reaktionszeit), daß mit dem sechswertigen auch das dreiwertige Chrom in die organische Phase extrahiert wird und so der Anteil beider lonenarten bestimmt werden kann (nach getrennter Bestimmung des Cr6+). Eine Arbeitsvorschrift wird angegeben.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 298 (1979), S. 123-127 
    ISSN: 1618-2650
    Keywords: Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; flammenlos, Spurenanalyse, direkte Probenzuführung in Graphitofen
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die direkte Bestimmung von Spurenelementen in metallischen und oxidischen Proben im Gehaltsbereich 0,1–10 μg/g (entsprechend 10−5-10−3 Massen-%) wird beschrieben. Hierzu bietet sich die Verwendung einer speziellen Graphitofen-Boottechnik an, mit deren Hilfe die Proben direkt in fester Form eingebracht werden können. Zwei unterschiedliche Verfahren sind erforderlich: die mehrfache Aufschmelzung für metallische Proben und die zweifache Verdampfung von oxidischen Stoffen. Die Resultate beider Verfahren werden diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary The direct determination of trace elements of metallic and oxidic samples in the range of 0.1–10 μg/g (or 10−3–10−5 mass-%) is described by using a special graphite furnace boat-technique with direct sample input. Two different procedures are necessary: a multiple heating technique in case of metallic samples and a double vapourization technique in case of oxides. The results using both techniques are discussed.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 299 (1979), S. 190-193 
    ISSN: 1618-2650
    Keywords: Best. von Bismut in Pflanzenmaterial, Tee, Laub ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Graphitrohrküvette, Xylolextraktion
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A sensitive method for the extraction and atomic absorption spectrometric measurement with electrothermal atomization has been developed for the determination of bismuth in tea and orchard leaves. Bismuth is extracted into m-xylene as diethyldithiocarbamate complex. 2.5–3.0 l/min of argon flow rate, 650–800° C of ashing temperature and 2,200–2,600° C of atomization temperature were the best experimental conditions. A detection limit of 0.02 ng was obtained with a precision of 2–7% and minimal interference effects.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Ein empfindliches Verfahren zur Bi-Bestimmung in Tee und Blättern von Obstbäumen wurde ausgearbeitet. Bismut wird dabei als Diethyldithiocarbamat mit m-Xylol extrahiert. Optimale Arbeitsbedingungen sind: 2,5–3 l Argon/min, 650–800° C Veraschungstemperatur, 2200–2600° C Atomisierungstemperatur. Nachweisgrenze ist 0,02 ng und die Reproduzierbarkeit beträgt 2–7%. Störeffekte durch andere Elemente sind gering.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 299 (1979), S. 362-367 
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    Keywords: Best. von Silber, Gold, Bismut, Kupfer, Palladium in Blei ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Anreicherung durch partielle Fällung der Matrix mit NaBH4
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Gruppen von Elementspuren können aus unterschiedlichen Probenmaterialien quantitativ angereichert werden, wenn man einen geringen Anteil der Matrix durch Zusatz von NaBH4 reduktiv ausfällt. Der metallische Niederschlag wirkt dabei als Spurenfänger für alle Elemente, die elektrochemisch edler sind als die Matrix. Als Beispiel für diese Anreicherungstechnik wurden Spuren Ag, Au, Bi, Cu und Pd aus Proben von 10 g Feinblei angereichert und nach Auflösen des Spurenfängers in Säure durch Flammen-Atomabsorptions-Spektrometrie bestimmt. Bei Spurengehalten von wenigen μg/g werden rel. Standardabweichungen um 5 % erzielt; die Nachweisgrenzen liegen — je nach Element — zwischen 0,05 und 0,4 μg/g. Die Richtigkeit des Analysenverfahrens wurde anhand analysierten Probenmaterials sichergestellt.
    Notes: Summary Selected groups of trace elements can be preconcentrated from different materials by precipitation of a small amount of the matrix with NaBH4 as a reducing agent. The metallic precipitate serves as a trace collector for all elements being electrochemically nobler than the matrix. As an example for this technique traces of Ag, Au, Bi, Cu, and Pd are enriched from samples of 10 g pure lead and, after dissolving the collector in acid, determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. With trace contents of a few μg/g relative standard deviations of about 5 % are achieved. Depending on the element, the limit of detection was found to be between 0.05 and 0.4 μg/g. The accuracy of the analytical procedure was verified by use of analysed reference samples.
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    Keywords: Best. von Thallium in Nickellegierungen, Cobaltlegierungen ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; Graphitofen, Spuren
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A simple and rapid analytical method has been developed for the direct determination of trace quantities of thallium in nickel and cobalt-base heatresisting alloys by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Hydrofluoric acid, sulphuric acid, and hydrogen peroxide were used for the dissolution of a wide variety of these alloys. The interferences of matrix elements and acids were eliminated. The absorbance of thallium is constant over a wide range of ashing temperatures. Synthetic standard solutions composed of nickel or cobalt matrix and thallium were used for calibration. The detection limit for thallium by this method is 0.2 ppm in the sample. Mechanisms of the interferences are discussed.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Ein Verfahren zur AAS-Bestimmung von Thallium in verschiedenartigen Cobalt- und Nickellegierungen wird beschrieben. Zur Auflösung der Probe werden Flußsäure, Schwefelsäure und Wasserstoffperoxid verwendet. Störungen durch Matrixelemente und durch die Säuren konnten beseitigt werden. Die Thalliumabsorption ist über einen weiten Temperaturbereich bei der Veraschung konstant. Zur Eichung dienen synthetische Lösungen von Cobalt- bzw. Nikkelmatrix und Thallium. Die Nachweisgrenze für Thallium beträgt 0,2 ppm. Die Mechanismen der Störungen werden diskutiert.
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    Fresenius' Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie 299 (1979), S. 368-374 
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    Keywords: Best. von Chrom in Serum, Plasma ; Spektralphotometrie, Atomabsorption ; flammenlos
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die bis heute in der Literatur mitgeteilten Werte für Chrom im Serum nüchterner gesunder Probanden unterscheiden sich um Größenordnungen. Die in der vorliegenden Arbeit mitgeteilten Untersuchungen betreffen die analytische Problematik der Chrombestimmung mit Hilfe der flammenlosen Atomabsorptions-Spektrometrie, wobei aufgezeigt wird, daß diese Methodik für die Chrombestimmung in biologischem Material ohne großen statistischen Aufwand zu keiner sicheren Beurteilbarkeit und Interpretierbarkeit der gemessenen Werte führt. Mit Hilfe synthetischer Chromkomplexverbindungen werden die Probleme der Standardaddition zur Chrombestimmung untersucht. Unter Berücksichtigung der Blindwerte und der daraus resultierenden Nachweisgrenze sowie Garantiegrenze für Reinheit, wurde Chrom in einem Standardreferenzmaterial (1569 Brewers yeast [U. S. National Bureau of Standards]) im Rahmen eines Ringversuchs zur Chromanalyse sowie im Serum und Plasma von 41 Probanden bestimmt. Für das Referenzmaterial wurde ein Wert von 45±4 μmol/kg (2,3±0,2 μg/g) ermittelt. Der Referenzwert betrug 41±1 μmol/kg (2,12±0,05 μg/g). Im Serum wird eine lognormale Verteilung der Chromkonzentration mit den zentralen Parametern ±_M=13▴2,2 nmol/l (0,7▴2,2 μg/l) ermittelt. Im Plasma lagen die Werte zwischen 20 und 30 nmol/l (1–1,5 μg/l). Aufschluß, Durchführung der Bestimmung sowie die biologische Bedeutung und Interpretation des Parameters Chrom im Serum und Plasma werden eingehend diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary Concentrations of Cr in serum of overnight fasting volunteers differ over a wide range in the literature. The investigations of the analytical problems of Cr determination by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry underline the necessity of statistical methods for the interpretation of the measurements of Cr in biological matrices. With nine different synthetic chromium complexes the method of standard addition was investigated. Considering the blank values, the limit of detection and the limit of guarantee for purity, Cr was determined in the standard reference material 1569 brewers yeast (National Bureau of Standards) with 45±4 μMol · kg−1 (2.3±0.2μg·g−1), compared with the reference data 41±1 μMol·kg−1 (2.12±0.05 μg±g−1). In serumuuuuu we found a lognormal distribution with the central parameters 13▴2.2 nMol ·1−1 (0.7▴2.2 μg·1−1). In plasma the values were in the range between 20 and 30 nMol·1−1 (1–1.5 μg·1−1). The ashing process and the determination are demonstrated and discussed in detail.
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    Development genes and evolution 184 (1978), S. 273-283 
    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Nervous system ; Development ; Imaginal discs ; Drosophila
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The pathway of adult sensory nerves has been analysed in three experimental situations: (i) in flies with grossly abnormal thoracic morphology resulting from X-irradiation early during development, (ii) in flies which had been subjected to surgical operations late in the larval period, (iii) in homoeotic mutants. The results provide experimental support for a simple mechanism in which developing adult axons join the nearest larval nerve and are guided by it up to the central nervous system. In particular, experimental interference with normal development can result in nerves from different segments, or from dorsal and ventral appendages, joining each other and entering the central nervous system together.
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    Development genes and evolution 184 (1978), S. 325-350 
    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Optic lobes ; Compound eyes ; Development ; Odonata
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    Topics: Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Des résultats antérieurs ayant montré une certaine dépendance du lobe optique envers l'oeil composé au cours du développement post-embryonnaire, il importait de préciser le rôle joué par les fibres post-rétiniennes qui relient ces deux organes. On pouvait, en particulier, se demander si l'activité mitotique du massif d'accroissement commun aux deux ganglions optiques externes (la lamina et la medulla) est contrôlée par le nombre de fibres postrétiniennes néoformées, ou bien si le rôle régulateur des fibres post-rétiniennes s'exerce plus tard, au moment de la différenciation des cellules ganglionnaires. Afin de répondre à ces questions trois types d'opération impliquant l'activité des fibres post-rétiniennes ont été pratiquées: (1) Une déficience en fibres post-rétiniennes néoformées a été obtenue par ablation de la zone d'accroissement oculaire et son remplacement par du tégument banal. (2) Une surcharge en jeunes fibres post-rétiniennes a été réalisée par l'induction de zones d'accroissement oculaires supplémentaires à la suite de rotations antéro-postérieures de volets oculaires. (3) Des “témoins-opérés” ont subi l'ablation, puis la remise en place immédiate de volets oculaires identiques à ceux des séries précédentes. Les résultats obtenus ont permis de préciser les processus régulateurs qui contrôlent la croissance du lobe optique en la rendant dépendante de la croissance de l'oeil sus-jacent. Cette régulation, qui consiste en un ajustement exact du nombre des cellules ganglionnaires fonctionnelles à celui des fibres postrétiniennes, s'exercerait à trois niveaux: (1) Une première régulation de la croissance contrôlerait le nombre total de neuroblastes dans le massif d'accroissement externe, la quantité de ces cellules embryonnaires étant d'autant plus élevé que la densité de fibres post-rétiniennes serait plus forte. Par contre, le taux mitotique du massif d'accroissement, qui s'est révélé invariable, ne serait pas sous le contrôle des fibres post-rétiniennes. (2) Une seconde régulation, beaucoup plus précise, s'effectuant dans la lamina, consisterait en la différenciation des seules cellules ganglionnaires contactées par les fibres post-rétiniennes néoformées, les cellules surnuméraires dégénérant alors rapidement. L'action différenciatrice s'exercant au niveau des autres ganglions, medulla et lobula, nécessiterait la présence à la fois des fibres post-rétiniennes à orientation centripètes, et des fibres centrifuges. (3) Un ultime processus régulateur, qui implique l'intégrité des fibres postrétiniennes, assurerait le maintien des cellules ganglionnaires fonctionnelles.
    Notes: Summary Since to earlier results indicated a dependence of the optic lobe on the compound eye during post-embryonic development, it appeared essential to specify the part played by the post-retinal fibres connecting these two organs. Especially, we wondered if the mitotic activity in the outer optic anlage common to the two outer optic ganglia (lamina and medulla) was controlled by the number of newly-neoformed post-retinal fibres, or if the regulating influence from the post-retinal fibres takes place later, during the differentiation of the ganglion cells. In order to answer these questions, three kinds of operation were performed: (1) removal, in young larvae, of the zone producing new ommatidia. This operation deprives the optic of the arrival of new post-retinal fibres below the operated level. (2) overloading of post-retinal fibres, by inducing zones that produced supernumerary ommatidia. (3) removal of an ocular volet, followed by its immediate reinsertion, to provide a “surgery-control”. The following results were obtained: (1) A preliminary growth regulation controlled the total number of neuroblasts in the outer optic anlage. However, the permanent mitotic activity of these cells was not controlled by post-retinal fibres. (2) A second regulation, much more precise, occurring in the lamina, consisted in the differentiation of the ganglion cells being affected by the new post-retinal fibres. The supernumerary cells then rapidly degenerated. (3) A last regulatory process, implying the integrity of post-retinal fibres, maintained the ganglion cells.
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    Development genes and evolution 184 (1978), S. 1-13 
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    Keywords: Cell division ; Development ; Cryptobiosis ; Nauplius larva
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    Notes: Summary Cell division during embryonic development of the brine shrimp,Artemia salina has been studied by counting nuclei and mitotic figures. No cell division was observed during development of the encysted gastrula until about an hour before emergence of the embryo (a pre-nauplius) from the cyst, and even then only a few mitotic figures were observed. Following emergence, and during further development up to the stage II nauplius larva an increase of about 25% in the number of cells occurs. However, when the newly hatched larva is exposed to FUdR (10 μg/ml) cell division is largely inhibited, but observable development nevertheless proceeds normally. Evidently all processes involved with the development of the gastrula into a stage II nauplius larva can occur with far fewer cells than normally are present.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Calcium ; Intestine ; Growth ; Cortisol ; Hydroxyproline ; Parathyroid hormone
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    Notes: Summary This paper reports the effects of cortisol on intestinal management of calcium and on related changes on bone metabolism. Five groups of 12 rats each fed a standard diet (0.8% Ca) received 2, 6, 16, 32, and 128 mg/kg/day of cortisol hemisuccinate, subcutaneously. After 16 days, intestinal absorption and excretion of Ca were measured with the aid of45Ca. True Ca absorption increased as a function of dose up to 16 mg/kg/day and remained high with the larger doses. Endogenous fecal Ca excretion increased exponentially as a function of the dose from 16 mg/kg/day onwards. Therefore, a dual effect was observed: (a) an increase in true Ca absorption at low cortisol doses (which increased net Ca absorption); and (b) an increase in endogenous fecal Ca excretion at high doses (which reduced net Ca absorption). In no case was a depression of true Ca absorption observed. Growth rate and food conversion efficiency were depressed only with a cortisol dose of 128 mg/kg/day. The urinary excretion of hydroxyproline, pyrophosphate, and aminopolysaccharides decreased with low doses and increased above normal levels with the highest dose. When animals treated with 128 mg/kg/day of cortisol were fed Ca-enriched diets, net Ca absorption improved. Simultaneously, growth rate and food conversion efficiency approached normal values. In these experiments, net absorption of Ca was found to be inversely related to urinary excretion of hydroxyproline. The urinary rate of excretion of hydroxyproline is suggested as an indicator of the effect of a Ca supplement on cortisol affected connective tissue turnover.
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    Calcified tissue international 26 (1978), S. 199-202 
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    Keywords: Fluoride ; Calcium ; Phosphate ; Parathyroid hormone
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    Notes: Summary Fluoride 27 mg was given perorally to 14 subjects. It was found that the serum fluoride concentration increased followed by a decrease to normal levels during 24 h. Serum concentrations of calcium and phosphate decreased initially whereas those of serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone increased. After 24 h the measured quantities were within normal limits. The results are discussed with reference to mineralization of hard tissues and to fluoride treatment of osteoporotic patients.
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    Keywords: Solanum malacoxylon ; Vitamin D metabolites ; Rickets ; Phosphate ; Calcium
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    Notes: Summary The effects of a partially purified aqueous extract ofSolanum malacoxylon (SM) leaves and of an SM extract incubated with ruminal fluid (RF) prior to administration on intestinal phosphate and calcium absorption in rachitic rats were compared with 1α, 25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3[1α,25-(OH)2-D3] using a duodenal loop in situ method. The time course responses elicited by both extracts were qualitatively similar to that of 1α, 25-(OH)2-D3. However, a single dose of SMRF was significantly more effective in stimulating32P absorption than an equivalent dose of SM. Part of this difference can be accounted for by incomplete saturation of the phosphate transport system with the level of SM employed. Treatment with rumen potentiated the effects of SM on45Ca absorption to a lesser extent. Extraction of SMRF with nonpolar organic solvents and purification of the lipid extract by chromatography on Silica Gel G thin-layer plates and on Sephadex LH-20 columns yield two fractions which promote intestinal32P absorption. The bioactive fraction eluting first from the Sephadex LH-20 column migrates similarly as 1α,25-(OH)2-D3. The greater effectiveness of SMRF extracts on intestinal phosphate and calcium absorption may be tentatively attributed to the release of 1α,25-(OH)2-D3 from the corresponding glycoside, shown previously to be present in SM, and to steroid modification during incubation with rumen.
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