title: Colocalization of GABA, enkephalin and neuropeptide Y in the tectum of the green frog Rana esculenta.
abstract: The colocalization of GABA, enkephalin and neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in neurons in the pretectal area and in the mesencephalic tectum of the green frog (Rana esculenta) was studied. Several Met-enkephalin immunoreactive perikarya were found in layer 6 of the tectum and every third of these neurons showed GABA-ir as well. Colocalization of GABA and NPY could also be shown in half of the neuropeptide Y immunopositive cells in the 6th layer of the tectum, but only a few cells were double stained in layers 9 and 4. In the pretectal area no colocalization of the investigated peptides and GABA was found.
authors.affiliation: Pécs University, Medical Faculty, Department of Human Anatomy, H-7635, Pécs, Szigeti út 12, Hungary. tamas.kozicz@aok.pte.hu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kozicz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lázár
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine / Q000737:chemistry; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D011898:Ranidae; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004745:Enkephalins; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine