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The systemic heart, portal heart, and posterior cardinal vein of hagfishes store large quantities of catecholamine in chromaffin cells. However, unlike other vertebrates, the chromaffin tissue of hagfishes appear to lack extrinsic innervation. Although carbachol, a cholinergic agonist, elicits a dose-dependent release of catecholamines in situ, in vivo there is no evidence that the control of catecholamine release may be achieved through cholinergic mechanisms. Evidence presented in this chapter suggests that this may be achieved through hormonal and/or paracrine means by specific non-cholinergic secretagogues. While both serotonin and ACTH stimulate catecholamine secretion in situ, angiotensin II and histamine, potent secretagogues in other vertebrates, do not appear to elicit catecholamine release. In vivo and in situ evidence also suggests that adenosine may be an important modulator of catecholamine secretion. Although the specific mechanisms of catecholamine secretion during stress in vivo have yet to be characterized, serotonin, ACTH and adenosine may all be involved in the overall control of catecholamine release in hagfishes.
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Bernier, N.J., Perry, S.F. (1998). The Control of Catecholamine Secretion in Hagfishes. In: The Biology of Hagfishes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5834-3_27
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