A small proportion of cholinergic neurones in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of ferret appear to stain positively for tyrosine hydroxylase.
The immunofluorescence and peroxidase-antiperoxidase methods for immunohistochemistry were used to show that a small number of neurones in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of ferret stain positively for what appears to be tyrosine hydroxylase, a marker for catecholaminergic neurones. With a double immunocytochemical staining method, it was confirmed that the tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity is localized in neurones that also stain strongly for choline acetyltransferase.
D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000378:metabolism*; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets / Q000378:metabolism*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007120:Immunochemistry; D009847:Olivary Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology*; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*
D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase