Spiny and aspiny types of neuropeptide Y immunoreactive neurons in the monkey neostriatum.
The present study demonstrates the existence of two types of neurons with neuropeptide Y (NPY) immunoreactivity in the neostriatum of the monkey (Macacus fuscatus) by using the avidin-biotin-immunoperoxidase method. One type, accounted for about 80% of striatal NPY cells, corresponded to the medium-sized aspiny type neurons. The other type resembled the medium-sized, spiny type II neurons. These findings suggest that there are at least two functional subpopulations of NPY neurons in the monkey neostriatum.
Kubota
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2nd Department of Anatomy, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
Inagaki
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Shimada
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Takagi
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D000818:Animals; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000166:cytology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008251:Macaca; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D011699:Putamen / Q000166:cytology
D009478:Neuropeptide Y