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adrenal medulla

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adrenal medulla [ə′drēn·əl mə′dəl·ə]
(anatomy)
The hormone-secreting chromaffin cells of the adrenal gland that produce epinephrine and norepinephrine.


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In female rats, there was a positive trend in the occurrence of benign or malignant pheochromocytomas (mainly benign) of the adrenal medulla, but this equivocal result could not be attributed with confidence to exposure to 2-butoxyethanol.
Stimulation of the SNS results in sympathetic nerve discharge and subsequent release of norepinephrine from peripheral nerve endings and epinephrine from the adrenal medulla.
Open microsurgical autograft of adrenal medulla to the right caudate nucleus in two patients with intractable Parkinson's disease.
 
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