title: Glycine-immunoreactive synapses in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus. An electron microscopic study in the cat.
abstract: It has been known that the inferior colliculus contains many glycinergic fibers of both intrinsic and extrinsic nature. In the present study, glycine-immunoreactive (Gly-ir) synapses were examined in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus in the cat. About half of 891 axondendritic synapses that were identified in the present study were Gly-ir. In 75% of these Gly-ir synapses, synaptic axon terminals contained pleomorphic or flattened synaptic vesicles and made symmetric synapses, while in 25% of Gly-ir synapses, synaptic axon terminals were filled with spherical synaptic vesicles and formed asymmetric synapses. Thus, Gly-immunoreactivity was detected in axodendritic synapses that formed both Gray's type I and Gray's type II synapses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002415:Cats; D003712:Dendrites / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005998:Glycine / Q000032:analysis*; D007245:Inferior Colliculi / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron / Q000379:methods; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D005998:Glycine