Immunohistochemical study of the neuropeptides in the stellate ganglion of the water buffalo.
The localization of some neuropeptides including neuropeptide Y (NPY), substance P (SP), calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), galanin (Gal), methionine enkephalin (M-ENK), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity was studied in the stellate ganglion (SG) of water buffalo. NPY, SP, Gal and TH immunoreactivities were present in almost all of the ganglion cells. NPY, SP, Gal, SP, CGRP, VIP and M-ENK immunoreactive nerve fibers were also seen in the SG. The localization and pattern of distribution of these peptides in the water buffalo stellate ganglion were compared with those in stellate ganglia of other mammalian species.
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000032:analysis; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine / Q000032:analysis; D019004:Galanin / Q000032:analysis; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000032:analysis; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000032:analysis*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D013233:Stellate Ganglion / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D013373:Substance P / Q000032:analysis; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000032:analysis; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000032:analysis
D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D013373:Substance P; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine; D019004:Galanin; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide