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- Title
Localization of substance P and GABA in retinotectal ganglion cells of the larval tiger salamander.
- Authors
Watt, Carl B.; Glazebrook, Patricia A.; Florack, Valarie J.
- Abstract
The present study was performed as part of a systematic examination of the transmitter specificity of neuronal populations in the larval tiger salamander retina. Backfill-labeling of ganglion cells from the optic tectum was combined with double-label immunofluorescence histochemistry to determine if substance P and GABA are localized to ganglion cell populations in the tiger salamander retina. The triple-label analysis revealed the presence of substance P- and GABA-ganglion cells in both central and peripheral regions of the retina. Substance P-immunoreactive ganglion cells comprised 2% of the total population of backfill-labeled ganglion cells, while less than 1% of backfill-labeled ganglion cells expressed GABA immunoreactivity. Ganglion cells were not found to co-label for both substance P and GABA. Backfill-labeled displaced ganglion cells, which comprised 1.4% of the ganglion cell population, were not observed to be immunoreactive for either substance P or GABA. Forty-six point nine percent of substance P-cells in the ganglion cell layer were backfill-labeled and were identified as ganglion cells. GABA ganglion cells comprised less than 1% of GABA-immunoreactive cells in the ganglion cell layer.
- Publication
Visual Neuroscience, 1994, Vol 11, Issue 2, p355
- ISSN
0952-5238
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0952523800001693