Direct synaptic contacts of catecholamine fibers on neuropeptide Y-containing neurons of the rat cerebral cortex.
A direct synapse between catecholamine (CA) fibers and neuropeptide Y (NPY)-containing neurons was demonstrated in rat cerebral cortex by using an immunohistochemical double-staining method under electron microscopy.
Tsuchiyama
M
M
Department of Internal Medicine V, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
Kubota
Y
Y
Sugita
M
M
Usuda
S
S
Yamano
M
M
Tohyama
M
M
D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*
D002395:Catecholamines; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase