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Chromaffin System

Known as: System, Chromaffin, Argentaffin Systems, Systems, Chromaffin 
The cells of the body which stain with chromium salts. They occur along the sympathetic nerves, in the adrenal gland, and in various other organs.
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APUD CellsBlood supply aspectsMicrobiologicalProcess of secretion

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Adrenal MedullaChromaffin CellsChromaffin granuleEnterochromaffin-like Cells

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2004
2004
Über die Feinstruktur der argentaffinen und der anderen Erscheinungsformen der „hellen Zellen“ Feyrter's im Kaninchen-Magen
SummaryThe often changing electron microscopic appearance of the argentaffine (yellow) cells (Kultschitzky cells) of the gastric… 
1986
1986
Identification and characterization of enterochromaffin cells with different staining techniques.
1986
1986
Argyrophil and argentaffin APUD cells in the human female prostate homologue and urethra.
1985
1985
Ultrastructural features of primary trabecular carcinoid tumor of the ovary.
A case of primary trabecular carcinoid tumor of the ovary in a 48-year-old woman is reported. Histologically the tumor showed… 
1979
1979
On the chromaffin system of the African lungfish, Protopterus aethiopicus.
The distribution of chromaffin tissue was studied in the African lungfish using Falck-Hillarp fluorescent histochemistry together… 
1977
1977
Substance P and 5-HT in granules isolated from an intestinal argentaffin carcinoid
SummaryIntestinal argentaffin carcinoids, thought to originate from enterochromaffin cells, occasionally contain large amounts of… 
1969
1969
Argyrophilic reaction of histamine-containing epithelial cells in murine gastric mucosa
Durch fluoreszenzmikroskopische Untersuchung und nachfolgende Silberfärbung an ein und demselben Schnitt konnte gezeigt werden… 
1957
1957
[Isopropyl-isonicotinic acid hydrazide inhibition of reserpine-induced release of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the intestinal chromaffin system].
Einmalige Injektion von Reserpin bewirkt beim Meerschweinchen dosis-abhangige Abnahme der histochemischen Reaktivitat der… 
1956
1956
Identification of hydroxytyramine in a chromaffin tumour.
1952
1952
Studies on the methods of staining the islet cells of the pancreas.
Cytological studies of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas have required the use of many and varied histological techniques… 
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