GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID PATHWAYS IN THE CEREBELLUM STUDIED BY RETROGRADE AND ANTEROGRADE TRANSPORT OF GLUTAMIC-ACID DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY AFTER INVIVO INJECTIONS
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID PATHWAYS IN THE CEREBELLUM STUDIED BY RETROGRADE AND ANTEROGRADE TRANSPORT OF GLUTAMIC-ACID DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY AFTER INVIVO INJECTIONS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00315638
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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WU, JY
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CHANPALAY, V;PALAY, SL;WU, JY
Injections of characterized antibody against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of GABA, were made into the cerebellum [of rats]. Small cortical injections of anti-GAD antibody produced labeled stellate, basket, Purkinje and Golgi cells and their processes at the injection site. Anterograde transport of GAD antigen-antibody complexes in Purkinje cell axons caused intense labeling of terminals in deep cerebellar and several vestibular nuclei. Small groups of mossy fiber rosettes labeled and produced retrograde labeling and GAD immunoreactivity in a small number of pleomorphic neurons in the deep cerebellar nuclei. Injections into the dentate nucleus produced retrograde labeling in Purkinje cell bodies and anterograde label in a small number of mossy fiber rosettes. All projections conformed to previously reported topographic distributions of corticonuclear and nucleocortical cerebellar pathways. The GABA content of most Purkinje cell-deep nuclei connections was confirmed and new evidence was provided for a GABA component in part of the nucleo cortical pathway in the cerebellum. Immunocytochemical controls for specificity were conducted by injections of preimmune rabbit serum as a substitute for GAD antibody. Only nonspecific labeling was obtained in these cases. Colchicine caused a cumulative enhancement of GAD immunoreactivity in all cases. The method of in vitro antibody injections may be utilized to study chemically specific connections in nervous tissue.