Evidence for the co-localization of somatostatin- and methionine-enkephalin-like immunoreactivities in raphe and gigantocellularis nuclei.
Somatostatin-like and methionine-enkephalin-like immunoreactivities were co-localized in neurons in the raphe nuclei and the nucleus gigantocellularis among immunoreactive cells stained for either one of these putative neurotransmitters. Their colocalization suggests that they form a subset of these two peptide populations and may serve as a major inhibitory system within the medullary reticular nuclei.
D000818:Animals; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000166:cytology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000166:cytology*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology
D013004:Somatostatin; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine