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Histological, histochemical and ultrastructural studies on the interrenal and chromaffin cells of the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas Rafmesque

1980; Wiley; Volume: 17; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1095-8649.1980.tb02780.x

1095-8649

E.G. Yoakim, John M. Grizzle,

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Light and electron microscopic examination of fathead minnow head kidneys revealed that the interrenal and chromaffin cells were intermingled and always closely associated with the cardinal veins and their tributaries. Histochemical tests for lipids in the interrenal cells were positive, and two types of chromaffin cells were indicated by chromaffin reactions. Interrenal cells contained abundant smooth endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria with tubulo‐vesicular cristae, characteristic of steroid‐producing cells. Only one interrenal cell type was found. Two types of chromaffin cells were present with differences in cytoplasmic density and in types of granules. In light cells, adrenaline granules were most common, and in dark cells noradrenaline granules predominated.