title: Differential distribution of immunoreactive angiotensinogen in the hind-brain and spinal cord of neonatal and adult rats.
abstract: The present communication deals with the cytochemical localization of angiotensinogen (ATG) immunoactivity in the hind-brain and spinal cord of neonatal (1-day-old) and adult (3-month-old pregnant) female rats. In the neonatal hind-brain, the immunoreactive cells were more numerous than in that of adult rats. In the adult rat hind-brain, the number of ATG-positive cells was quite limited in each nucleus. Further, in some nuclei, only neurons or neuroglia were positive, while in others the immunoactivity was observed in both the components. Spinal cords of neonatal rats showed a few undifferentiated ATG-positive cells in the grey matter. Contrary to this, the spinal cord of adult animals contained numerous immunoreactive glial cells in the grey matter, fasciculus cuneatus and fasciculus gracilis. Immunoactivity in the neurons was localized in the Nissl bodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Richoux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panigel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouhnik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wegmann
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012249:Rhombencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000808:Angiotensinogen