Substance P neuronal cell bodies in the human brain: complete mapping by immunohistofluorescence.
The localization of substance P-immunoreactive (SP-IR) cells was studied in 5 postmortem brains from aged human subjects using technical improvements combined with the indirect immunofluorescence method. The presence of various forms of SP-IR cells was observed in paleocortical and neocortical areas as well as in the basal ganglia, the brainstem and the spinal cord. The distribution of these SP-IR cell bodies was transposed onto our previous mapping of SP-IR fibers and terminals. The morphological differences between SP-containing cell bodies or areas of human and rat central nervous systems and the SP-changes in various states of human pathology are shortly discussed.
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000378:metabolism; D013373:Substance P / Q000378:metabolism*
D013373:Substance P