Existence and coexistence of calcitonin gene-related peptide, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide- and somatostatin-like immunoreactivities in spinal cord motoneurons of developing embryos and post-hatch chicks |
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| Authors: | M J Villar M Huchet T H?kfelt J P Changeux J Fahrenkrug J C Brown |
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| Institution: | Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Abstract: | By use of immunocytochemical methods, it is shown that immunoreactive calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and somatostatin (SOM) are present in motoneurons in the chicken spinal cord. While CGRP-like immunoreactivity (LI) is present in numerous motoneurons both before and after hatching, SOM- and VIP-LI markedly decline at the end of the embryonic period. Evidence is also provided for coexistence of some of these peptides in certain spinal motoneurons. |
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