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  • Title: Presence of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in cat carotid body afferent system.
    Author: Shirahata M, Ishizawa Y, Rudisill M, Schofield B, Fitzgerald RS.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1998 Dec 14; 814(1-2):213-7. PubMed ID: 9838124.
    Abstract:
    With immunocytochemical techniques using a monoclonal antibody for alpha7 subunits of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, we have found these subunits to be exclusively expressed in nerve fibers in the carotid body. Double-immunostaining showed that alpha7 subunit-positive nerve endings enveloped tyrosine hydroxylase-positive glomus cells. Some carotid sinus nerve fibers and tyrosine hydroxylase-positive petrosal ganglion neurons also expressed alpha7 subunits. These data support a role for acetylcholine in carotid body neurotransmission.
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