Development of parvalbumin immunoreactive neurons in normal and intracranially transplanted retinas in the rat
Autor: | Q.X. Guo, L.J. Garey, M.C. Yu, L.S. Jen |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Retina Midbrain Rats Sprague-Dawley chemistry.chemical_compound Fetal Tissue Transplantation Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Animals Ganglion cell layer Neurons biology General Neuroscience Brain Retinal Immunohistochemistry Rats Transplantation Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Parvalbumins nervous system chemistry Cerebral cortex Inner nuclear layer biology.protein Female sense organs Parvalbumin |
Zdroj: | Experimental brain research. 90(2) |
ISSN: | 0014-4819 |
Popis: | Retinas from embryonic day 14 Sprague-Dawley rats were transplanted to the midbrain or cerebral cortex of newborn (P0) rats of which the right eye was enucleated at the time of transplantation. Parvalbumin immunoreactive (PV-I) neurons were studied in the developing retinal transplants, and in the remaining retina of the host, as well as in normal retinas. PV-I neurons were identifiable in retinas of normal and host rats from postnatal day 5 (P5) onward, with the PV-I somata primarily in the inner half of the inner nuclear layer and in the ganglion cell layer. An adult-like distribution of PV-I neurons was attained at P35, as judged by cell packing density, intensity of immunostaining, laminar distribution and soma size of subpopulations of PV-I cells. A similar time course of development and distribution of PV-I somata was observed in the retinal transplants, except for some minor differences such as a slight delay in PV-I cells achieving their final distribution. These findings provide evidence that PV-I neurons can survive, differentiate and mature according to pre-determined programmes intrinsic to the retinal tissue following transplantation to a new and foreign environment. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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