Calretinin-immunoreactivity in vagal and glossopharyngeal sensory neurons of the rat: distribution and coexistence with putative transmitter agents.
Immunoreactivity for the calcium binding protein, calretinin (calretinin-ir), was demonstrated in cell bodies of vagal and glossopharyngeal sensory ganglia (jugular, petrosal, and nodose ganglia) and in associated nerve fibers. In the jugular and petrosal ganglia, many calretinin-ir neurons were also immunoreactive for calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P. In the nodose ganglion, most of the calretinin-ir neurons lacked these peptides. None of the calretinin-ir neurons in these ganglia were also immunoreactive for tyrosine hydroxylase.
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Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Jacobowitz
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Winsky
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Helke
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D000818:Animals; D064032:Calbindin 2; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005724:Ganglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D009620:Nodose Ganglion / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013373:Substance P / Q000378:metabolism; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism
C576512:Calb2 protein, rat; D064032:Calbindin 2; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G; D013373:Substance P; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide