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Beta‐Adrenergic Control of von Ebner's Glands in the Rat a
Author(s) -
GURKAN SUAT,
BRADLEY ROBERT M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1987.tb43544.x
Subject(s) - library science , citation , annals , oral health , medicine , dentistry , gerontology , history , classics , computer science
Von Ebner’s lingual salivary glands secrete through multiple ducts into the clefts of the circumvallate and foliate papillae. At the microscopic level, gland acini are filled with secretory granules.’ Since 80% of the lingual taste buds are contained in the foliate and circumvallate papillae in the rat: and since taste receptor sites on the microvilli are bathed in saliva: these glands provide a microenvironment important in taste transduction in posterior tongue taste buds. Little is known concerning the neural control of von Ebner’s glands. Recently we have shown that the source of their parasympathetic control is via cells in the inferior salivatory nucleus in the medulla? We now have applied the morphometric methodology used by Getchell and Getchell’ in a study of Bowman’s glands to characterize the extent of /3-adrenergic control of the von Ebner’s gland acini.