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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-9-22
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pubmed:abstractText |
By using a specific antibody against the 29 amino-acid peptide galanin (Gal) with light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry, we have studied the distribution of Gal immunoreactivity in the posterior hypothalamic magnocellular neurons of the rat. In colchicine-treated rats, a large number of Gal-immunoreactive cells were identified within all subdivisions of the tuberomammillary nucleus. The majority of these cells are large multipolar or fusiform neurons, with long, sparsely branching dendrites. A small number project to the ventral hippocampus, as shown by experiments with the retrograde tracing of Fast Blue. Ultrastructural examination of the Gal-immunoreactive cells confirms their indentity as magnocellular neurons, with dense deposits of immunoreaction product, particularly in small ribosomal arrays and in large, dense-cored vesicles. Axosomatic synapses occur on these neurons. The axonal boutons synapse with asymmetric and symmetric junctions and contain small synaptic vesicles as well as numerous large, dense-cored vesicles, which display Gal immunoreactivity. Sequential staining of thin, alternate sections with antibodies against Gal and L-histidine decarboxylase (HDCase; EC 4.1.1.22) showed colocalization of Galand HDCase-immunoreactivities in a majority of tuberomammilary neurons. The finding of Gal immunoreactivity within histamine-producing neurons of the tuberomammillary nucleus adds to the multiplicity of potential neuronal messengers utilized by these cells.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Aug
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pubmed:issn |
0021-9967
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
1
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pubmed:volume |
250
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
58-64
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Galanin,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Histamine,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Histocytochemistry,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Hypothalamus,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Hypothalamus, Posterior,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Immunochemistry,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Mamillary Bodies,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Microscopy, Electron,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Neurons,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Peptides,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:2426313-Rats, Inbred Strains
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pubmed:year |
1986
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Galanin immunoreactivity in hypothalamic neurons: further evidence for multiple chemical messengers in the tuberomammillary nucleus.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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