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ALTHOUGH their presence has been demonstrated histochemically1, there appears to be little evidence for a transmitter role for catecholamines in insects2. The results reported here favour such a role in salivary gland cells in the cockroach; this role was previously attributed to 5-hydroxytryptamine3,4 (5-HT).
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BLAND, K., HOUSE, C., GINSBORG, B. et al. Catecholamine Transmitter for Salivary Secretion in the Cockroach. Nature New Biology 244, 26–27 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244026a0
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