Choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive neurons in fetal monkey cerebral cortex.
Two monoclonal antibodies to choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) were used to stain the cerebral cortex of fetal monkeys at 110-150 days post-conception. In addition to a small number of immunostained fibers, cells resembling typical non-pyramidal neurons were immunostained in developing layers V and VI and in the subjacent white matter of each area examined (sensory-motor and visual areas). ChAT-immunoreactive neurons have not been described in the cerebral cortex of adult primates, but the present observations indicate such neurons exist in the developing primate cortex.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
S H
SH
Hendry
E G
EG
Jones
H P
HP
Killackey
L M
LM
Chalupa
D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000032:analysis*; D005333:Fetus / Q000166:cytology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*
D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase