Ultrastructural localization of nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in the cat ventrobasal complex

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 833-842

  Meng, X W ^a   Ohara, P T ^a   Ralston III, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031422913     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018526717799     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. BICKFORD, M. E., GÜNLÜK, A. E., GUIDO, W. & SHERMAN, S. M. (1993) Evidence that cholinergic axons from the parabrachial region of the brainstem are the exclusive source of nitric oxide in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. Journal of Comparative Neurology 334, 410-30.
2. DO, K.-Q., BINNS, K. E. & SALT, T. E. (1994) Release of the nitric oxide precursor, arginine, from the thalamus upon sensory afferent stimulation, and its effect on thalamic neurons in vivo. Neuroscience 60, 581-6.
3. DUN, N. J., DUN, S. L., FORSTERMANN, U., & TSENG, L. F. (1992) Nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in rat spinal cord. Neuroscience Letters 147, 217-20
4. ERISIR, A., VAN HORN, S.C., BICKFORD, M.E. & SHERMAN, S. M. (1997) Immunocytochemistry and distribution of parabrachial terminals in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat: A comparison with corticogeniculate terminals. Journal of Comparative Neurology 377, 535-49.
5. FITZPATRICK, D., PENNY, G. R. & SCHMECHEL, D. (1984) Glutamic acid decarboxylase-immunoreactive neurons and terminals in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. Journal of Neuroscience 4, 1809-29.
6. GABBOTT, P. L. A., SOMOGYI, J., STEWART, M. G. & HAMORI, J. (1985) Neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat: characterisation using a combination of Golgi-impregnation and GABA-immunocytochemistry. Experimental Brain Research 61, 311-22.
7. GABBOTT, P. L. A. & BACON, S. J. (1994) Two types of interneuron in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat: a combined NADPH diaphorase histochemical and GABA immunocytochemical study. Journal of Comparative Neurology 350, 281-301.
8. GROSSMAN, A., LIEBERMAN, A. R. & WEBSTER, K. E. (1973) A Golgi study of the rat dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 150, 211-27.
9. GUILLERY, R. W. (1969) The organization of synaptic interconnections in the laminae of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 96, 1-36.
10. GUILLERY, R. W. (1995) Anatomical evidence concerning the role of the thalamus in corticocortical communication: a brief review. Journal of Anatomy 187, 583-92.
11. HENDRICKSON, A. E. (1983) Light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical localization of GAD in monkey geniculate complex. Evidence for GABAergic neurons and synapses. Journal of Neuroscience 3, 1245-62.
12. HOOGLAND, P. V., WOUTERLOOD, F. G., WELKER, E. & VAN DER LOOS, H. (1991) Ultrastructure of giant and small thalamic terminals of cortical origin: a study of the projections from the barrel cortex in mice using Phaseolus vulgaris leuco-agglutinin (PHA-L). Experimental Brain Research 87, 159-72.
13. HOUSER, C. R. (1980) GABA neurons are the major cell type of the N. R. T. Brain Research 200, 341-54.
14. JONES, E. G. (1985) The Thalamus. New York: Plenum Press.
15. JONES, E. G. (1991) The anatomy of sensory relay functions in the thalamus. Progress in Brain Research 87, 29-52.
16. LIEBERMAN, A. R. (1973) Neurons with presynaptic perikarya and presynaptic dendrites in the rat lateral geniculate nucleus. Brain Research 59, 35-59.
17. LLEWELLYN-SMITH, I. J., PILOWSKY, P. & MINSON, J. B. (1993) The tungstate-stabilized tetramethylbenzidine reaction for light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry and for revealing biocytin-filled neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 46, 27-40.
18. LUND, R. D. & WESTRUM, L. E. (1966) Synaptic vesicle differences after primary formalin fixation. Journal of Physiology 185, 7-9.
19. MENG, X.-W., OHARA, P. T. & RALSTON, H. J., III. (1996) Nitric Oxide Synthase immunoreactivity distinguishes a sub-population of GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the ventrobasal complex of the cat. Brain Research 728, 111-15.
20. MENG, X.-W. & RALSTON, H. J., III. (1996) NMDA receptor subtype 1 is localized to a sub-population of local circuit neurons in the cat VB complex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 22, 97.
21. MILROY, A. M. & RALSTON, D. D. (1995) Electron microscopic imaging of multiple markers in glutaraldehyde fixed CNS tissue of Macaca fascicularis: Maximizing information from a single experimental animal. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 56, 145-54.
22. MITCHELL, J. A., HECKER, M. & VANE, J. R. (1990) The generator of L-arginine in endothelial cells is linked to the release of endothelium derived relaxing factor. European Journal of Pharmacy 176, 253-4.
23. MIZUKAWA, K., VINCENT, S. R., MCGEER, P. L. & MCGEER, E. G. (1989) Distribution of reduced-Nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide-phosphate diaphorase-positive cells and fibres in the cat nervous system. Journal of Comparative Neurology 279, 281-311.
24. MONTERO, V. M. (1983) Ultrastructural identification of axon terminals from the thalamic reticular nucleus in the medial geniculate body in the rat. EM autoradiographic study. Experimental Brain Research 51, 338-42.
25. MONTERO, V. M. (1987) Ultrastructural identification of synaptic terminals from the axon of type 3 interneurons in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 264, 268-83.
26. MONTERO, V. M. & SCOTT, G. L. (1981) Synaptic terminals in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus from neurons in the thalamic reticular nucleus: A light and electron microscope autoradiographic study. Neuroscience 6, 2561-77.
27. MONTERO, V. M. & SINGER, W. (1985) Ultrastructural identification of somata and neural processes immunoreactive to antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. Experimental Brain Research 59, 151-65.
28. OHARA, P. T., SEFTON, A. J. & LIEBERMAN, A. R. (1980) Mode of termination of afferents from the thalamic reticular nucleus in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat. Brain Research 197, 503-6.
29. OHARA, P. T., LIEBERMAN, A. R., HUNT, S. P. & WU, J.-Y. (1983) Neural elements containing glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat; immunocytochemical studies by light and electron microscopy. Neuroscience 8, 189-211.
30. OHARA, P. T., RALSTON, H.J., III. & RALSTON, D.D. (1987) The morphology of neurons and synapses in the somatosensory thalamus of the cat and monkey. In Thalamus and Pain (edited by BESSON, J-M, GUILBAUD, G., PESCHANSKI, M.), pp. 171-84. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
31. OHARA, P. T., CHAZAL, G. & RALSTON, H. J., III. (1989) Ultrastructural analysis of GABA-immunoreactive elements in the monkey thalamic ventrobasal complex. Journal of Comparative Neurology 283, 542-58.
32. OHARA, P. T. & LIEBERMAN, A. R. (1993) Some aspects of the synaptic circuitry underlying inhibition in the ventrobasal thalamus. Journal of Neurocytology 22, 815-25.
33. RALSTON, H. J., III. (1971) Evidence for presynaptic dendrites and a proposal for their mechanism of action. Nature 230, 585-7.
34. RALSTON, H. J., III., OHARA, P. T., RALSTON, D. D. & CHAZAL, G. (1988) The neuronal and synaptic organization of the cat and primate somatosensory thalamus. In Cellular Thalamic Mechanisms (edited by BENTIVOGLIO, M., MACCHI, G. & SPREAFICO, R.) pp. 127-41. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
35. RALSTON, H. J., III. & HERMAN, M. M. (1969) The fine structure of neurons and synapses in the ventrobasal thalamus of the cat. Brain Research 14, 77-97.
36. SALT, T. E., & EATON, S. A. (1996) Functions of ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors in sensory transmission in the mammalian thalamus. Progress in Neurobiology 48, 55-72.
37. SHERMAN, S. M. & KOCH, C. (1986) The control of retinogeniculate transmissions in the mammalian geniculate nucleus. Experimental Brain Research 63, 1-20.
38. VALDIVIA, O. (1971) Methods of fixation and the morphology of synaptic vesicles. Journal of Comparative Neurology 142, 257-74.
39. VALTSCHANOFF, J. G., WEINBERG, R. J., RUSTIONI, A. & SCHMIDT., H. H. H. W. (1995) Colocalization of neuronal nitric oxide synthase with GABA in rat cuneate nucleus. Journal of Neurocytology 24, 237-45.
40. WILLIAMS, J. A., VINCENT, S. R. & REINER, P. B. (1997) Nitric oxide production in rat thalamus changes with behavioral state, local depolarization, and brainstem stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience 17, 420-7.