Tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry in the normal and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-tetrahydropyridine (MPP+)-treated retina of goldfish |
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Authors: | T Guarnieri L Villani A Fasolo |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Italy. |
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Abstract: | Dopaminergic interplexiform neurons have been identified in the inner nuclear layer of goldfish retina, with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunocytochemistry in whole-mounted retinae and in cryosections. The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+), which selectively damages dopaminergic neurons in mammals, caused a marked depletion of TH immunoreactivity in goldfish retina. Three days after intravitreal injection, retinae showed no significant decrease in the number of TH-positive neurons. However most of the TH-immunoreactive cell bodies showed an evident depletion of TH immunoreactivity and their processes, ramified in the inner and outer plexiform layers, disappeared almost completely. |
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