Related Experiment Videos
The neuro-endocrine ambiguity of sympathoadrenal cells
K Unsicker1, K Seidl, H D Hofmann
1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Marburg, F.R.G.
Abstract:
This introductory article presents a survey of the principle cellular constituents of the sympathoadrenal section in the peripheral autonomic nervous system, their development and plasticity and factors that govern the expression of particular morphologic and transmitter phenotypes. The article focuses on results obtained in cell culture studies with isolated chromaffin cells that have permitted the analysis of molecular signals possibly serving as environmental cues during the development of sympathoadrenal cells.