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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between substance P-containing axons and sympathetic preganglionic neurons possessing the neurokinin-1 receptor was investigated in the lateral horn of the rat thoracic spinal cord. Sympathetic preganglionic neurons were labelled retrogradely with Fluorogold. Sections containing labelled cells were reacted with antibodies against choline acetyltransferase, substance P and the neurokinin-1 receptor and examined with three-colour confocal laser scanning microscopy. In all, 95 sympathetic preganglionic neurons were examined and 79% of these were immunoreactive for the neurokinin-1 receptor. Substance P-immunoreactive axons not only made contacts with preganglionic neurons which were immunoreactive for the receptor but also made contacts with cells which did not express the receptor. Dendrites, labelled with immunoreactivity for choline actyltransferase, also received contacts from substance P-immunoreactive varicosities but this was not related to the presence or the absence of receptor. An electron microscopic analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between substance P-containing boutons and dendrites possessing the neurokinin-1 receptor. Immunoreactivity for substance P was detected with peroxidase immunocytochemistry and immunoreactivity for the receptor was detected with the silver-intensified gold method. Substance P-containing boutons made synapses with dendrites which were positively and negatively labelled for the receptor. Receptor immunoreactivity was not usually present at synapses formed by substance P boutons with neurokinin-1-immunoreactive dendrites. It is concluded that substance P may modulate much of the activity of sympathetic preganglionic neurons through an indirect non-synaptic mechanism.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
777
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
22-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
An immunocytochemical investigation of the relationship between substance P and the neurokinin-1 receptor in the lateral horn of the rat thoracic spinal cord.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Human Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't