Three dimensional analysis of retinal neuropeptides and amine in the chick |
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Authors: | Hiroshi Kiyama Yayoi Katayama-Kumoi Joe Kimmel Harry Steinbusch John F. Powell A.David Smith Masaya Tohyama |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity, Osaka University Medical School, 4-3-57 Nakanoshima Kitaku, Osaka 530, Japan |
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Abstract: | Three dimensional analysis of retinal neuropeptides and monoamine-containing amacrine cells were performed on flat-mount preparations of the chick retina by using indirect immunofluorescence method. somatostatin (SOM), neurotensin (NT), leu-enkephalin (ENK), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P (SP), corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), avian pancreatic polypeptide (APP), glucagon (GLC), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) were examined with specific antisera. To localize these substances in the amacrine cells, and to see in which layers their processes arborize, frozen sections were examined. There were four patterns of distribution. (1) Substances with more immunoreactive cells in the central than in the peripheral portions (SOM, NT, VIP, SP, GLC, 5HT), (2) Substances with more immunoreactive cells in the peripheral portion than in the central portion (APP), (3) Substances for which such cells were evenly distributed (TH), and (4) Substances with more immunoreactive cells in the inferior than in the superior portion (CRF). Subtypes were identified among the amacrine cells containing single peptides or monoamine. |
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Keywords: | Retina Neuropeptides Amine Flat-mount Chick Immunohistochemistry |
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