title: Immunocytochemical staining of cholinergic amacrine cells in rabbit retina.
abstract: Cholinergic neurons of rabbit retina were labelled with an antibody against choline acetyltransferase, the synthesizing enzyme for acetylcholine. Two populations of cells are immunoreactive. Type a cell bodies lie in the inner nuclear layer (INL), their dendrites branching narrowly in sublamina a of the inner plexiform layer (IPL), while type b cell bodies lie in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) with dendrites branching in sublamina b of the IPL. The irregular networks of clustered immunoreactive dendrites are similar, but not identical, in the two sublaminae. Type b cells are more numerous than type a cells in central retina. No axons were stained. It appears that the immunoreactive neurons are normally placed and displaced starburst/cholinergic amacrine cells.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Famiglietti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tumosa
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000032:analysis; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification*; D011817:Rabbits; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase; D000109:Acetylcholine