title: NOS-like immunoreactive neurons express GABA-like immunoreactivity in rabbit and rat retinae.
abstract: In rabbit and rat retinae, wholemounted preparations and 40 microm thick vibratome sections were processed for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunoreactivity and consecutive semithin sections were immunostained with anti-NOS and anti-GABA antisera, respectively. Two types of NOS-labelled amacrine cells were identified: type 1 cells with larger somata were intensely stained, and type 2 cells with smaller somata were weakly stained. A few displaced amacrine cells also showed NOS-like immunoreactivity. All these NOS-like immunoreactive neurons also expressed GABA-like immunoreactivity. Thus, nitric-oxide-containing neurons might constitute a subpopulation of GABAergic neurons in rabbit and rat retinae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000032:analysis*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase