Cytochemical relationships in the paracervical ganglion (Frankenhäuser) of rat studied by immunocytochemistry.
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), neuropeptide Y (NPY) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) immunoreactivities have been demonstrated in the paracervical ganglion of the rat using immunocytochemistry. Dopamine beta-hydroxylase (D beta H) and neurofilament protein triplet immunoreactivities have also been demonstrated in this region. The VIP, NPY, D beta H and neurofilament immunoreactivities were located in ganglion cells and nerve fibres, while CGRP immunoreactivity was localized only in nerve fibres. Many cells immunoreactive with D beta H antiserum were also immunoreactive with NPY antiserum. A small number of cells immunoreactive with VIP antiserum were also immunoreactive with NPY antiserum. CGRP-immunoreactive nerve fibres were distributed in certain regions of the ganglion only.
D000818:Animals; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007120:Immunochemistry; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000276:immunology
D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide