Fluorescence microscopy of the avian (iGallus domesticus/i) carotid body

摘要

Sterba’s technique to detect neurosecretory substances was applied to carotid body tissue, surrounding branchial derivatives, ganglion nodosum and the carotid arterial wall. Mainly a yellowish-green, a yellowish-red and a bright yellow fluorescence was observed as well as greenish-yellow fibres with varicosities and terminal knobs. The metachromatic reaction of the technique was briefly discusse