Detection of noradrenaline-immunoreactive nerve fibres in rat liver by immunoelectron microscopy.
Noradrenergic innervation of rat liver was studied immunohistochemically using antibody to noradrenaline at the electron-microscopic level. Noradrenaline-immunoreactive nerve fibres were located in the portal tract and some were in close contact with the portal vein and hepatic artery. Noradrenaline-immunoreactive fibres were found to contain many vesicles that were reactive to anti-noradrenaline antibody. This preliminary study suggests that the method for detecting noradrenaline-immunoreactive fibres using the antibody is useful for studies at the electron-microscopic level.
Fukuda
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Imoto
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M
Nakano
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I
Katano
Y
Y
Hayakawa
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T
D000818:Animals; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron / Q000379:methods; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000032:analysis*; D011169:Portal Vein; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D009638:Norepinephrine