Transient expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in some neurons of the developing inferior colliculus of the rat.
Using immunocytochemistry, we detected tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-containing cells in the developing inferior colliculus. These cells lacked other catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes and they occurred in newborn and immature rats up to 21 days of age. TH-positive cells of the inferior colliculus were contacted by synapses that contained pleomorphic vesicles.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D004296:Dopa Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007245:Inferior Colliculi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D010625:Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*
D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase; D010625:Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase; D004296:Dopa Decarboxylase