The acetylcholinesterase reaction and catecholamine fluorescence in the glomus cells of rat carotid body.
The presence of both acetylcholinesterase reaction and glyoxylic acid-induced fluorescence of catecholamines in the same glomus cells of rat carotid body was demonstrated using combined histochemical methods. A suggestion is made that the glomus cells have both excitatory and inhibitory effects on the chemosensory nerve via acetylcholine and catecholamines, respectively.
D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005453:Fluorescence; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051381:Rats
D002395:Catecholamines; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase