Prolactinergic neurons in a protochordate.
Peptidergic neurons have been detected in the cerebral ganglion of the ascidian Styela plicata by means of cytochemical methods. After incubation with a mammalian antibody to human prolactin the perikarya show a strong immunoreactivity. The possible function of prolactin-like peptides in the nervous system of protochordates is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002816:Chordata, Nonvertebrate / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D005724:Ganglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*
D011388:Prolactin