A double-label study demonstrating that all serotonin-like immunoreactive amacrine cells in the larval tiger salamander retina express GABA-like immunoreactivity. |
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Authors: | C B Watt |
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Institution: | Alice R. McPherson Laboratory of Retina Research, Center for Biotechnology, Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands, TX 77381. |
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Abstract: | A previous study localized serotonin-like immunoreactivity to amacrine cell populations in the larval tiger salamander retina. The present double-label immunocytochemical analysis of the tiger salamander retina was performed to determine if gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-like immunoreactivity is expressed by serotonin-immunoreactive amacrine cells. More than 3,000 serotonin-amacrine cells were observed in double-label preparations, and all were found to express GABA-like immunoreactivity. This finding extends previous studies of serotonin-GABA coexistence in the retina by providing the first report of the co-localization of endogenous serotonin and GABA-like compounds in a retinal neuron. |
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