TY - JOUR
T1 - An immunohistochemical study of methionine-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8-like immunoreactivity-containing neurons in the parasympathetic preganglionic regions of the rat spinal cord
AU - Shimosegawa, Tooru
AU - Koizumi, Masaru
AU - Toyota, Takayoshi
AU - Goto, Yoshio
AU - Yanaihara, Chizuko
AU - Yanaihara, Noboru
PY - 1987/3/17
Y1 - 1987/3/17
N2 - The localization of the methionine-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 (Met-Enk-Arg-Gly-Leu)-like immunoreactivity-containing neurons in the rat lumbosacral spinal cord was immunohistochemically examined by an antiserum very specific to Met-Enk-Arg-Gly-Leu. The immunoreactive neurons occupied the positions corresponding to the parasympathetic preganglionic nuclei determined by the previous horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-tracing experiments. The present study suggests that the parasympathetic preganglionic neurons in the rat lumbosacral spinal cord produce preproenkephalin A and its related peptides.
AB - The localization of the methionine-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 (Met-Enk-Arg-Gly-Leu)-like immunoreactivity-containing neurons in the rat lumbosacral spinal cord was immunohistochemically examined by an antiserum very specific to Met-Enk-Arg-Gly-Leu. The immunoreactive neurons occupied the positions corresponding to the parasympathetic preganglionic nuclei determined by the previous horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-tracing experiments. The present study suggests that the parasympathetic preganglionic neurons in the rat lumbosacral spinal cord produce preproenkephalin A and its related peptides.
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - Met-Enk-Arg-Gly-Leu
KW - Parasympathetic preganglionic neuron
KW - Rat
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U2 - 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90804-3
DO - 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90804-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 3552120
AN - SCOPUS:0023137382
VL - 406
SP - 341
EP - 347
JO - Molecular Brain Research
JF - Molecular Brain Research
SN - 0006-8993
IS - 1-2
ER -