Development of the new Pacinian corpuscles. Studies on the foreign innervation of mesentery

Zusammenfassung Nach Implantation des proximalen Stumpfes eines afferenten, somatosensiblen Nerven in das Mesenterium einer Katze bilden sich um die auswachsenden Nervenfasern nach 3–5 Monaten neue, aber dem Ort entsprechende Rezeptoren aus, im Fall des Katzenmesenteriums also Pacinische Körperchen, Rezeptoren, die normalerweise nicht im Gebiet des implantierten Nerven vorkommen.     

Effect of praseodymium on drug metabolism in rat liver smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum

Summary A small i.v. dose (3 mg/kg) of a light lanthanon, praseodymium, impairs the drug metabolizing capacity of both the smooth and rough fractions of rat liver endoplasmic reticulum. This decrease in the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes and in the amount of cytochromes P-450 and b₅ is more pronounced in the rough endoplasmic reticulum fraction.     

Possible stimulatory effect of retinoic acid on pulmonary macrophages.

Retinoic acid was administered to hamsters suffering from N-nitroso-N-methylurethane-induced fibrosing alveolitis. A significant increase in macrophage numbers was seen in the lungs of retinoid-treated animals as compared to the unsupplemented group.