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Catecholamine Transmitter for Salivary Secretion in the Cockroach

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ALTHOUGH their presence has been demonstrated histochemically1, there appears to be little evidence for a transmitter role for catecholamines in insects2. The results reported here favour such a role in salivary gland cells in the cockroach; this role was previously attributed to 5-hydroxytryptamine3,4 (5-HT).

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  1. Department of Veterinary Physiology, MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ

    K. P. BLAND & C. R. HOUSE

  2. Department of Pharmacology, MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ

    B. L. GINSBORG

  3. MRC Brain Metabolism Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ

    I. LASZLO

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BLAND, K., HOUSE, C., GINSBORG, B. et al. Catecholamine Transmitter for Salivary Secretion in the Cockroach. Nature New Biology 244, 26–27 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244026a0

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