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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
The ultrastructural properties of orexin 1-receptor-like immunoreactive (OX1R-LI) neurons in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord were examined using light and electron microscopy techniques. At the light microscopy level, the most heavily immunostained OX1R-LI neurons were found in the ventral horn of the spinal cord, while some immunostained profiles, including nerve fibers and small neurons, were also found in the dorsal horn. At the electron microscopy level, OX1R-LI perikarya were identified containing numerous dense-cored vesicles which were more heavily immunostained than any other organelles. Similar vesicles were also found within the axon terminals of the OX1R-LI neurons. The perikarya and dendrites of some of the OX1R-LI neurons could be seen receiving synapses from immunonegative axon terminals. These synapses were found mostly asymmetric in shape. Occasionally, some OX1R-LI axon terminals were found making synapses on dendrites that were OX1R-LI in some cases and immunonegative in others. The synapses made by OX1R-LI axon terminals were found both asymmetric and symmetric in appearance. The results provide solid morphological evidence that OX1R is transported in the dense-cored vesicles from the perikarya to axon terminals and that OX1R-LI neurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord have complex synaptic relationships both with other OX1R-LI neurons as well as other neuron types.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0196-9781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1307-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrastructure of orexin-1 receptor immunoreactivities in the spinal cord dorsal horn.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't