title: Excitatory amino acid immunoreactivity in vestibulo-ocular neurons in gerbils.
abstract: Retrogradely labeled vestibulo-ocular neurons (VOR) that also stain with antibodies for the excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters glutamate (GLU-LI) or aspartate (ASP-LI) were studied. VOR neurons that contained GLU-LI or ASP-LI label were identified in the medial (MVN) and superior (SVN) vestibular nuclei, and cell group Y. More than half of the VOR cells in MVN were also GLU-LI positive, but less than half of the VOR cells in SVN were double labeled.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kevetter
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000166:cytology*; D001370:Axonal Transport; D005849:Gerbillinae; D005971:Glutamates / Q000032:analysis*; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase