title: [GABA immunoreactivity in the main olfactory bulb of the frog Rana temporaria].
abstract: Immunoreactivity for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was localized at the light microscopic level in the main olfactory bulb (MOB) of the frog, Rana temporaria. By means of free-floating peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunocytochemical technique, GABA was found in a large number of neurons in the granular cell layer, in a few small somata in the mitral cell layer and in two different types of cell somata in the glomerular layer. Individual GABA-immunopositive cells were found in the olfactory nerve layer. GABA immunostaining was also localized in cell processes and fiber fragments. There were many immunoreactive puncta in all layers of the MOB. GABA-positive punctate structures often outlined immunonegative cells in the mitral cell and glomerular layers. Rounded tightly packed groups of immunoreactive puncta were found only along ventral border of the glomerular layer. The results are discussed in comparison with data obtained on mammalian MOB in terms of MOB functional organization.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Kratskin
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Kenigfest
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Veselkin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pierre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Repérant
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000276:immunology; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000276:immunology*; D011896:Rana temporaria / Q000276:immunology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
vernacular_title: GAMK-immunoreaktivnost' v osnovnoĭ oboniatel'noĭ lukovitse liagushkiRana temporaria.