Properties of a catecholaminergic system in some coelenterates. A histochemical and autoradiographic study.
Properties of a catecholaminergic nervous system in a coelenterate nervous system are described. The catecholamine present shows similarities to noradrenalin but it is not identical with noradrenalin. Contrary to known vertebrate catecholaminergic systems, neither a reuptake system nor a degrading system is present in the coelenterate catecholaminergic nervous system.
D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000502:physiology*; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000502:physiology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D012615:Sea Anemones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
D002395:Catecholamines; D014443:Tyrosine; D009638:Norepinephrine