title: Calretinin immunoreactive neurons in the basolateral amygdala of the rat and monkey.
abstract: The calcium-binding protein calretinin was localized in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) of the rat and monkey using immunohistochemical techniques. In both species the predominant cell type exhibiting calretinin-like immunoreactivity (CR-ir) was a small non-pyramidal neuron with a bipolar or bitufted dendritic arborization pattern. Some pyramidal neurons also exhibited light CR-ir. In the monkey there was an additional population of large moderately-stained neurons with well-stained dendrites. These results indicate that calretinin is found in specific cell types in BLA. The small non-pyramidal CR-ir neurons are morphologically similar to BLA neurons that exhibit immunoreactivity for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). These CR-ir neurons in BLA closely resemble the small bipolar CR-ir neurons of the cerebral cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D064032:Calbindin 2; D003712:Dendrites / Q000737:chemistry; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: C576512:Calb2 protein, rat; D064032:Calbindin 2; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G