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A comparative study of the innervation of the choroid plexus in amphibia

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The aminergic and cholinergic innervation of choroid plexuses in three species of amphibia was investigated. Plexuses of the Japanese toad and the bullfrog had poor innervation by adrenergic nerves of sympathetic origin, but in the clawed toad, these plexuses were heavily innervated by adrenergic axons from ganglion cells located in the plexus stroma. Nerve fibers positive for acetylcholinesterase were not found in the plexuses, except for a few fibers with very weak enzyme activity in the clawed toad.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

    K. Andõ, T. Tagawa, K. Ishikawa, H. Takamura & F. Yasuzumi

  2. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

    K. Andõ, T. Tagawa, K. Ishikawa, H. Takamura & F. Yasuzumi

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Acknowledgment. The authors are very grateful to Prof. T. Wasano (Professor emeritus of Kyushu University) for his encouragement and advice during the course of the present work.

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Andõ, K., Tagawa, T., Ishikawa, K. et al. A comparative study of the innervation of the choroid plexus in amphibia. Experientia 42, 394–398 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02118624

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