大鼠背海马内生长抑素mRNA神经元的老年变化

采用原位杂交组织化学及图像定量分析法，研究了大鼠背海马中生长抑素（ＳＳ）ｍＲＮＡ神经细胞的老年变化。年轻大鼠内，ＳＳｍＲＮＡ胞体主要分布于ＣＡ１和ＣＡ２区的锥体层和多形层、ＣＡ３区的辐状层和多形层，以及齿状回的多形层。老年大鼠内，ＳＳｍＲＮＡ胞体则主要集中于背海马的多形层。和年轻大鼠相比，老年大鼠背海马内ＳＳｍＲＡＮ胞体数量显著减少，胞体灰度值明显升高，而胞体截面积无明显年龄变化。结果表明，大鼠背

AGING CHANGES OF SOMATOSTATIN mRNA-POSITIVE NEURONS IN THE DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS OF THE RAT

Aging changes of somatostatin (SS) mRNA-positive neurons in the dorsal hippocampus of old rats were studied by in situ hybridization histochemistry and image analysis. In the young rats,SS mRNA-positive cell bodies were mainly located in the pyramidal and polymorphic cell layers of the CA1 and CA2 regions, and in the strata radiatum and polymorphic cell layer of the CA3 region, and in the polymorphic cell layer of dentate gyrus. In the old rats,SS mRNA-positive cell bodies were concentrated in the polymorphic cell layer and denate gyrus. A marked decrease of number of SS mRNA-positive cell bodies and a significant increase of gray value of SS mRNA-positive cell bodies were found in the dorsal hippocampus and dentate gyrus of the old rats as compared with the young rats. No significant age difference in the sectional area of SS mRNA-positive cell bodies was observed in the dorsal hippocampus. The results showed that there were apparent changes with aging of the SS mRNA-positive cell bodies in the dorsal hippocampus of the rats. The significance of the changes remains to be studied further.