Abstract
During the prenatal development of the mouse tongue, the intralingual ganglion was investigated histo-chemically and immunohistochemically for acelylcholineslerase (AChE) activity, the capacity to take up L.-3.4-dihy-droxyphenylalaninc (L-DOPA) and vasoactive intestinal polypcptidc (VlP)-Hkc immunorcactivity. Ache-positive cells were first observed at gestational day 12, and Ache-positive neurons which take up L-DOPA were found at gestational day 14. while VIP-like immunoreactive neurons were not seen until gestational day 16. The present results suggested that the cholinergic neurons within the mouse tongue can take up /.-DOPA from gestational day 14 and synthesize VIP from gcstalional day 16.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 135-138 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Cells Tissues Organs |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1991 |
Keywords
- Acetylcholinesterase
- Intralingual ganglion
- L-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine
- Ontogeny
- Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anatomy
- Histology
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Ichikawa, H., Matsuo, S., Wakisaka, S., & Akai, M. (1991). Ontogeny of cholinergic ganglionic cells which take up L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and contain vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in the mouse tongue. Cells Tissues Organs, 140(2), 135-138. https://doi.org/10.1159/000147049