Ultrastructural immunocytochemical studies on CCK-and neurotensin-like immunoreactivity in the nucleus accumbens of the rat.
Using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique of Sternberger and collaborators the ultrastructural localization of cholecystokinin- and neurotensin-like immunoreactivity was studied in the nucleus accumbens of the albino rat. The immunoreactive material was localized to nerve terminals making probable axodendritic or axo-axonic contacts with neighbouring nerve cells. Within the nerve terminals most immuno-reactivity was confined to so-called large dense-core vesicles.
D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000032:analysis; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000032:analysis*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000032:analysis; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000032:analysis; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000032:analysis*; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000032:analysis*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000032:analysis
D009496:Neurotensin; D002766:Cholecystokinin