Figure 8
From: Mercury in the human adrenal medulla could contribute to increased plasma noradrenaline in aging
LA-ICP-MS III. The dotted lines outline the adrenal gland in the section, the medulla is outlined by the internal dashed lines, and the cortex occupies the space between the dashed and dotted lines. Phosphorus LA-ICP-MS indicates the degree of cellularity. No mercury is seen in adrenal glands that did not stain with AMG (A–D). Metals in both cortex and medulla are iron (A–C), cadmium (B), lead (B), and aluminium (in the zona reticularis, C). Metals present selectively in the medulla are aluminium (B) and chromium (B). Aluminium is seen mostly in the zona reticularis of the cortex in (A,D). Cadmium is present mostly in the cortex in (C), and iron in the inner cortex in (D). In (D), thyroid tissue (containing cadmium) is present at the upper right and lymph node tissue (containing iron) at the lower left. Scale = counts per second (proportional to abundance).
