Substance P synaptic interactions with GABAergic and dopaminergic neurons in rat substantia nigra: An ultrastructural doublelabeling immunocytochemical study |
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Authors: | I Mendez K Elisevich B Flumerfelt |
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Institution: | Department of Anatomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. |
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Abstract: | The distribution of substance P (SP), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) immunoreactivity in the substantia nigra of the rat was studied by means of an ultrastructural double-labeling immunocytochemical method. Direct synaptic contact between SP-immunoreactive terminals and GAD-positive nigral neurons was more often observed in the pars lateralis than the pars reticularis and was rarely observed in the pars compacta. Substance P-positive terminals also formed synapses with cell bodies and dendrites of TH-positive, dopaminergic neurons in the pars compacta and pars reticulata. Multiple SP-immunoreactive terminals were often observed with symmetrical and, less frequently, asymmetrical synapses on individual TH-containing dendrites. Evidence of SP-containing terminals contacting both GABAergic and dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra suggests a direct excitatory action upon nigral projection neurons. |
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Keywords: | Neostriatum Striato-nigral pathway Tyrosine hydroxylase Glutamic acid decarboxylase Nigral interneurons |
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