title: Colocalization of GABA and glycine in the rat dorsal column nuclei.
abstract: About half the neurons in the rat dorsal column nuclei were immunopositive for glycine or for GABA; these were smaller than immunonegative neurons. In double-stained material, 29% of stained neurons were immunopositive for GABA only, and 42% for both antigens. The results resemble those reported for spinal cord laminae that receive fast-conducting primary afferents, and suggest that glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the dorsal column nuclei.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Popratiloff
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Valtschanoff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rustioni
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Weinberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005998:Glycine / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D005998:Glycine