title: Comparative anatomy of PACAP-immunoreactive structures in the ventral nerve cord ganglia of lumbricid oligochaetes.
abstract: By means of a whole mount immunocytochemical approach, the distribution patterns of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)-27 and PACAP-38 were identified in the ventral nerve cord (VNC) ganglia of the earthworms Eisenia fetida and Lumbricus terrestris. Each PACAP form appears to occur in a distinct neuron population. Positions of these populations, as well as numbers and sizes of the constituting neurons do not essentially differ between the two species. The data suggest that in Lumbricid Oligochaetes, PACAP-27 and PACAP-38 neuron populations may mediate distinct physiological processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Zoology, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Laszlo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Molnar
authors.forename: Edit
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pollak
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boros
authors.forename: Dora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reglödi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamás
authors.forename: Isrvan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lengvari
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arimura
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lubics
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017952:Ganglia, Invertebrate / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide