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XB-ART-25275
Histochemistry 1991 Jan 01;966:505-10. doi: 10.1007/bf00267076.
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Demonstration of dopamine in electron-dense synaptic vesicles in the pars intermedia of Xenopus laevis, by freeze substitution and postembedding immunogold electron microscopy.

van Strien FJ, de Rijk EP, Heymen PS, Hafmans TG, Roubos EW.


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The presence of dopamine in the pituitary of the clawed toad Xenopus laevis was studied by light and electron microscope immunocytochemistry, using pre- and postembedding techniques. Light microscopy showed the presence of an intricate, anti-dopamine-positive fibre network throughout the pars intermedia. In preembedded stained material, dopamine appeared to occur in varicosities which make synaptic contacts with both folliculo-stellate cells and melanotrope cells. Post-embedding immunogold staining of freeze-substituted material permitted the localization of anti-dopamine reactivity in electron-dense vesicles in these varicosities. This finding supports the hypothesis that dopamine is involved in the (inhibitory) control of melanotrope cell activity in X. laevis.

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