| Literature DB >> 8014381 |
A Krantis1, K Tufts, K Nichols, G P Morris.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to characterize the distribution of GABAergic cells in the rat gut mucosa. Thin and/or thick serial sections of segments of rat antrum and distal colon were treated for autoradiographic localization of sites of [3H]GABA (50 nM) high-affinity uptake, or GABA immunoreactivity. Dense accumulations of silver grains were localized to a discrete population of granulated mucosal cells. These appeared to be D-type endocrine cells. These gut regions also displayed strongly GABA-immunoreactive mucosal cells. These results confirm the presence of GABAergic cells in the rat antral mucosa, and reveal that [3H]GABA is accumulated by mucosal endocrine cells in the rat colon.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8014381 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(94)90183-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Auton Nerv Syst ISSN: 0165-1838