Identification of thalamic neurons with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity in the rat.
Cell bodies with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity (VIP-LI) were found in the thalamus of the rat. They were distributed throughout the ventrolateral nucleus (VL) and in the whole extent of the thalamic reticular nucleus (R) except for its most rostral part. On the basis of soma diameters, VIP-LI cells in the VL and R were assumed to be projection neurons.
D000818:Animals; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013788:Thalamus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000166:cytology; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology
D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide