SYNTHESIS AND STORAGE OF PRESSOR AMINES IN ADRENAL MEDULLARY GRAFTS

Abstract

SUMMARY: Auto- and homografts of adrenal medullae depleted of reserpine were used in order to follow the rate of synthesis and storage of pressor amines in non-innervated chromaffin cells. The changes were followed by histochemical methods. The findings indicate that there is no significant difference between the rate of storage of catechol amines in the implanted chromaffin cell and in the normal adrenal medulla.