title: Peptide histidine-isoleucine (PHI)-immunoreactive amacrine cells in the retina of the rat.
abstract: Peptide histidine-isoleucine (PHI) immunoreactivity was located in amacrine-like cells in adult rat retina by use of immunohistochemical techniques. Immunoreactive somata were found in the proximal part of the inner nuclear layer. From these somata, processes could be followed into the inner plexiform layer. The terminals of these processes were mainly found in the sublayers, 1, 2, and 3, but a few terminals were also present in the other inner plexiform sublaminae. The distribution of PHI-immunoreactive somata and processes corresponds with the cellular distribution of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and indicates a possible co-localization with this peptide.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Anatomy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mikkelsen
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fahrenkrug
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Møller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000032:analysis; D010451:Peptide PHI / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012160:Retina / Q000032:analysis* / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D010451:Peptide PHI