title: Carnosine-like immunoreactivity in the olfactory bulb of the rat: an electron microscopic study.
abstract: Carnosine-immunoreactive primary olfactory nerve terminals are demonstrated in the glomerular layer of the rat olfactory bulb by immunoelectron microscopy. Asymmetrical synapses between dendrites of mitral/tufted cells and that of periglomerular cells could be observed. In the accessory olfactory system, carnosine-like immunoreactivity is also detected in the vomeronasal neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002336:Carnosine / Q000032:analysis*; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009832:Olfactory Nerve / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; D002336:Carnosine