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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin)-containing cells were localized in the central nervous system of Octopus vulgaris by use of the unlabelled peroxidase-antiperoxidase complex (PAP) immunohistochemical method employing highly specific antibodies to 5-HT present in paraformaldehyde-fixed tissue. Antibodies were raised in rabbits against an immunogen prepared by coupling 5-HT to bovine thyroglobulin (BTG) or to bovine serum albumin (BSA) with formaldehyde as the coupling reagent. The specificity of the immune reaction was studied by both absorption test and radioimmunoassay. The distribution of 5-HT immunoreactivity observed in octopus brain was essentially similar to that reported by other workers who used formaldehyde- or glyoxylic acid-induced fluorescence method. In addition, this immunohistochemical technique revealed 5-HT-containing perikarya in both the chromatophore and the palliovisceral lobes which were not detected by the previous fluorescence histochemical method. Thus, this immunocytochemical procedure appears to be a specific and very sensitive technique for the localization of 5-HT within the central nervous system of cephalopod Mollusca.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
406
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization of serotonin-immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of Octopus vulgaris by immunohistochemistry.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article