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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Infrequent co-existence of nitric oxide synthase and parvalbumin, calbindin and calretinin immunoreactivity in rat pontine neurons.

S.l. DunUlrich FörstermannN.j. DunL.l Hwang

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyCalbindinsNerve Tissue ProteinsCalbindinRats Sprague-DawleyS100 Calcium Binding Protein GInternal medicinePonsTegmentummedicineAnimalsPedunculopontine Tegmental NucleusNeuronsParabrachial NucleusbiologyStaining and LabelingChemistryGeneral NeuroscienceCalcium-Binding ProteinsPonsRatsLaterodorsal tegmental nucleusmedicine.anatomical_structureEndocrinologyParvalbuminsnervous systemCalbindin 2biology.proteinImmunologic TechniquesCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsFemaleAmino Acid OxidoreductasesCalretininNitric Oxide SynthaseParvalbumin

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Neurons in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDTg), ventrolateral dorsal tegmental nucleus (LDTgV), pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg), lateral and medial parabrachial nuclei (LPB and MPB) were immunoreactive to brain nitric oxide synthase (NOS) or isoform I. Double-labeling experiments showed that very few NOS-containing neurons in the pons were immunoreactive to any of the three calcium-binding proteins: calbindin-D 28K (CB-IR), parvalbumin (PV-IR) and calretinin (CR-IR). These findings extend our previous observation in the neocortex and suggest that a population of central NOS-containing neurons can be neurochemically characterized as CB/CR/PV deficient.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1995-05-26Neuroscience letters
10.1016/0304-3940(95)11582-hhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7543992