Neurotensin immunoreactivity in the colliculus inferior of cat: light and electron microscopic investigations.
Neuronal perikarya with neurotensin-like immunoreactivity (NT-LI) are found in the pericentral and external nuclei and the dorsomedial part of the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus. On electron-microscopic examination, these neurons are characterized by a relatively large nucleus, a small amount of cytoplasm and paucity of organelles. NT-LI is observed in large and small dendrites and dendritic spines as well as in axon terminals which contain small round or elongated clear vesicles and/or dense core vesicles. The immunoreactive terminal boutons make asymmetrical axodendritic and symmetrical axo-somatic synapses mainly on non-immunoreactive elements.
Department of Anatomy and Histology, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
A M
AM
Paloff
M E
ME
Vankova
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G
Tramu
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D007245:Inferior Colliculi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000737:chemistry; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000032:analysis*
D009496:Neurotensin