GALANIN-LIKE AND NEUROPEPTIDE-Y-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITIES COEXIST IN PARAVERTEBRAL SYMPATHETIC NEURONS OF THE CAT
GALANIN-LIKE AND NEUROPEPTIDE-Y-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITIES COEXIST IN PARAVERTEBRAL SYMPATHETIC NEURONS OF THE CAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3940(87)90620-3
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发表时间:
1987-07-22
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
KUMMER, W
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作者:
KUMMER, W
Paraffin sections of feline cervicothoracic sympathetic ganglia were investigated for galanin-like immunoreactivity (galanin-LI) by means of immunohistochemistry. Galanin-LI was observed in postganglionic neurones, which, as revealed by investigation of adjacent sections, also displayed neuropeptide Y (NPY)-LI. Additional NPY-LI ganglion cells were devoid of galanin-LI. Galanin-LI did not coexist with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-LI in neurones. Galanin-LI nerve fibres and paraganglionic cells were few in number. The findings suggest that galanin may participate in sympathetic control of organ function.