title: Immunocytochemical Localization of Monoamine Oxidase Type B in Rat's Peripheral Nervous System.
abstract: Immunohistochemistry is used to investigate subcellular localization of monoamine oxidase type B (MAOB) in the axon of the rat's peripheral nervous system. Through light and electron microscopy, the presence of MAOB-immunoreactive structures in the propria lamina of tongue and on the outer membranes of mitochondria in both myelinated and unmyelinated axons can be detected. As a result, MAOB may potentially play a crucial role in the axons of the rat's peripheral nervous system and may be closely associated with both axonal transport and nerve conduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology of Jilin University, Chao Yang District, Changchun City, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology of Jilin University, Chao Yang District, Changchun City, Jilin, People's Republic of China. x_yang@jlu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The second hospital of Jilin University, No. 18, Ziqiang Street, ChangChun City, JiLin Prov, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology of Jilin University, Chao Yang District, Changchun City, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology of Jilin University, Chao Yang District, Changchun City, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shu Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasonic, The People's Hospital of Qufu, Qufu City, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D008995:Monoamine Oxidase
keywords: Immunohistochemistry; Monoamine Oxidase B; Myelinated Axon; Peripheral Nervous System; Unmyelinated Axon