INFREQUENT COEXISTENCE OF NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE AND PARVALBUMIN, CALBINDIN AND CALRETININ IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN RAT PONTINE NEURONS

被引:31
作者
DUN, NJ [1 ]
DUN, SL [1 ]
HWANG, LL [1 ]
FORSTERMANN, U [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MAINZ, DEPT PHARMACOL, D-55101 MAINZ, GERMANY
关键词
CALBINDIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALRETININ; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NADPH DIAPHORASE; PARVALBUMIN; PONTINE RETICULAR FORMATION;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(95)11582-H
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Neurons in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT(g)), ventrolateral dorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT(g) V), pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg), lateral and medial parabrachial nuclei (LPB and MPB) were immunoreactive to brain nitric oxide synthase (NOS) or isoform I. Double-labeling experiments showed that very few NOS-containing neurons in the pens were immunoreactive to any of the three calcium-binding proteins: calbindin-D 28K (CB-IR), parvalbumin (PV-IR) and calretinin (CR-IR). These findings extend our previous observation in the neocortex and suggest that a population of central NOS-containing neurons can be neurochemically characterized as CB/CR/PV deficient.
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