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CHROMAFFIN cells are present in two separate loci in the adrenal gland of the snake, Xenodon merremii. Most are distributed within a homogeneous ribbon on the periphery of the gland; these cells contain1 and produce2 large amounts of noradrenaline but little adrenaline. The remainder of the chromaffin cells are scattered among the adrenal cortical cells in the central portion of the gland. These cells contain large amounts of the methylated amine, adrenaline1.
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WURTMAN, R., AXELROD, J. & TRAMEZZANI, J. Distribution of the Adrenaline-forming Enzyme in the Adrenal Gland of a Snake, Xenodon merremii. Nature 215, 879–880 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215879b0
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