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On the innervation of the rat and pig adrenal cortex

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The innervation of the adrenal cortex of the rat and the pig is investigated with the electron microscope. Nerve fibers containing synaptic and two types of dense-cored vesicles come into contact with endocrine cells. There are no specialized pre- and postsynaptic membranes. The synaptic cleft is about 200 Å wide. Generally the basement membrane between nerve and cell is absent. These observations are discussed on the base of more recent experimental findings. Small fibers having an average diameter of about 0.2 to 0.5 μ and containing only tubules and filaments are considered to represent parts of an afferent nervous system.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Kiel, Germany

    Klaus Unsicker

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Dedicated to Prof. v. Kügelgen on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Unsicker, K. On the innervation of the rat and pig adrenal cortex. Z. Zellforsch. 116, 151–156 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332863

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