| Literature DB >> 2861175 |
M Dietl, M Arluison, P Mouchet, C Feuerstein, M Manier, J Thibault.
Abstract
In order to elucidate the anatomy of the spinal dopaminergic system, an immunohistochemical study using a tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH) antibody was undertaken in the rat. Intracisternal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) injections were administered to destroy most of the noradrenergic fibres that descend to the spinal cord while preserving the dopaminergic fibres. The density of the remaining TH-like immunoreactive fibres was relatively low at all levels of the spinal cord; the highest density was observed in layers III, IV and X. In addition, we report the first evidence for the existence of TH-like immunoreactive cell bodies at definite levels (especially sacral) of the spinal cord.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2861175 DOI: 10.1007/bf00494068
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Histochemistry ISSN: 0301-5564