Abstract
The colocalization of GABA, enkephalin and neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in neurons in the pretectal area and in the mesencephalic tectum of the green frog (Rana esculenta) was studied. Several Met-enkephalin immunoreactive perikarya were found in layer 6 of the tectum and every third of these neurons showed GABA-ir as well. Colocalization of GABA and NPY could also be shown in half of the neuropeptide Y immunopositive cells in the 6th layer of the tectum, but only a few cells were double stained in layers 9 and 4. In the pretectal area no colocalization of the investigated peptides and GABA was found.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1071-1077 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Peptides |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Amphibian visual system
- Colocalization of peptides
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mesencephalic tectum
- Pretectum
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Endocrinology
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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