title: Calbindin-like immunoreactivity in two peripheral chemosensory tissues of the rat: taste buds and the vomeronasal organ.
abstract: In the rat, calbindin-like immunoreactivity was observed at both the light and electron microscopic levels within the chemoreceptor neurons of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) and both intragemmal cells and associated nerve fibers of the circumvallate taste buds. All VNO neurons were immunoreactive. Only a subset of intragemmal taste cells was immunoreactive; associated immunoreactive nerve fibers were apposed to both labeled and unlabeled cells but no synaptic contacts were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Eller
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Jafek
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064026:Calbindins; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000032:analysis*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000737:chemistry*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D064026:Calbindins; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G