A re-examination of enkephalin's coexistence with gamma-aminobutyric acid in amacrine cells of the larval tiger salamander retina.
Double-label immunocytochemistry was utilized to re-examine the colocalization of enkephalin and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in amacrine cells of the larval tiger salamander retina. A total of 465 enkephalin-immunoreactive amacrine cells were identified and in all cases these cells were GABA-immunoreactive. This finding corroborates a previous study that showed greater than 96% of enkephalin-amacrine cells in the tiger salamander retina to specifically accumulate [3H]GABA and provides additional evidence for the GABAergic nature of these enkephalin-amacrine cells.
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Alice R. McPherson Laboratory of Retina Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Woodlands, TX 77381.
D000818:Animals; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007814:Larva; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014562:Caudata; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
D004745:Enkephalins; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid