Abstract
Assays of isolated single sympathetic neurones show that their transmitter functions can be either adrenergic or cholinergic depending on growth conditions. The data suggest that the number of transmitters made by most mature individual neurones is restricted.
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Reichardt, L., Patterson, P. Neurotransmitter synthesis and uptake by isolated sympathetic neurones in microcultures. Nature 270, 147–151 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270147a0
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