INCREASED NEUROPEPTIDE-Y (NPY)-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN RAT SENSORY NEURONS FOLLOWING PERIPHERAL AXOTOMY
INCREASED NEUROPEPTIDE-Y (NPY)-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN RAT SENSORY NEURONS FOLLOWING PERIPHERAL AXOTOMY
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3940(91)90093-9
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发表时间:
1991-04-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
BENNETT, GJ
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作者:
WAKISAKA, S;KAJANDER, KC;BENNETT, GJ
The effects of peripheral axotomy (sciatic nerve transection) on the presence and distribution of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and spinal grey matter were examined using immunocytochemistry. In normal rats and on the sham-operated side of experimental rats. NPY-like immunoreactivity (NPYir) was observed in all laminate of the lumbar spinal cord, with an especially dense concentration of immunostained axons and axonal varicosities in laminae I-II of the dorsal horn. There was no detectable NPYir in L4-L5 DRG cells from normal rats or from the sham-operated side of experimental rats. At 14 days after axotomy, there was a large ipsilateral increase in the density of NPYir axons and varicosities in the lumbar spinal cord on the side of the nerve injury; this was especially apparent in laminae III-V. In the same rats, NPYir was observed in many small, medium, and large neurons in the L4-L5 DRGs on the side of the severed nerve.