Transient appearance of immunoreactivity for Ca-binding protein (spot 35-calbindin) in small principal neurons in the superior cervical ganglion of pre-weanling rats.
Immunoreactivity for rat cerebellar calbindin, termed spot 35-calbindin, is transiently expressed largely in numerous small principal neurons of the superior cervical ganglion in pre-weanling rats and disappears by the fourth postnatal week. Preganglionic denervation results in a slower rate of disappearance of the immunoreactivity in ganglion neurons. This finding suggests that small principal neurons in the superior cervical ganglion may exert some yet to be determined Ca-mediated functions that are not shared with larger neurons at the pre-weanling stage.
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
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Yamamoto
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Yamakuni
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Takahashi
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Kondo
D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D064092:Calbindin 1; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G
C576500:Calb1 protein, rat; D064092:Calbindin 1; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G