Light and electron microscopic studies of calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactive neurons and axon terminals of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius of the rat.
This study was an examination of the ultrastructural characteristic features of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-like immunoreactive neurons and their axon terminals in the nucleus of the tractus solitarius of the rat. Some axon terminals were identified as receiving synaptic inputs from non-immunoreactive axon terminals. This may suggest that part, if not all, CGRP containing afferents are affected presynaptically by other afferents.
Morishima
Y
Y
Takagi
H
H
Akai
F
F
Tohyama
M
M
Emson
P C
PC
Hillyard
C J
CJ
Girgis
S I
SI
MacIntyre
I
I
D000818:Animals; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013373:Substance P / Q000378:metabolism
D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D013373:Substance P; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide