title: [Localization of NADPH-d positive structures in the thymus of rabbits and rats].
abstract: In order to provide a morphological basis for understanding the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the thymus, present study was designed to clarify the localization and distribution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADP-d) activity, a marker of NO synthase in rabbit and rat thymuses. The NADPH-d histochemistry revealed a different distribution of diaphorase positive reactivity in both animal species, visible as dark blue structures. The rabbit thymus displayed lightly stained cortex, whereas medulla was seen as a rounded complex of intensively stained cells, without sharp demarcation between them. However, unlike the rat thymus, the NADPH-d positive cells appeared to be arranged in an irregular line of dense staining at the corticomedullary junction. In the rat thymus, the NADPH-d positive nerve fibres were not evident, whereas neuronal-like plexuses were seen in the perivascular topography of the rabbit thymus. These results suggest that NO may participate in the regulation of thymic function. (Fig. 6, Ref. 30.)
authors.affiliation: Ustav anatómie Lckáraskej fakulty Univerzity P.J. Safárika v Kosicisch.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kluchová
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dorko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rybárová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase