Development and birthdates of vasoactive intestinal peptide immunoreactive neurons in the chick proventriculus
Development and birthdates of vasoactive intestinal peptide immunoreactive neurons in the chick proventriculus
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鸡腺胃血管活性肠肽免疫反应神经元的发育和出生日期
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1992
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K. Poulsen
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M. Epstein;M. Saffrey;K. Poulsen
To gain insight into the mechanisms regulating expression of transmitter phenotypes in the enteric nervous system, we have studied the development and birthdate of vasoactive intestinal peptide immunoreactive (VIP‐IR) myenteric neurons in the chicken proventriculus (secretory portion of the avian stomach) by a combination of immunocytochemistry and radioautography. The appearance and numbers of VIP‐IR neurons in whole mounts of the myenteric plexus from chick embryos and chickens were examined. We found that VIP‐IR neurons first appeared at embryonic day (E) 5.5–6.5 in the distal part of the proventriculus. At E7.5, VIP‐IR neurons were found singly, in pairs, or in small groups, which together with unlabeled cells formed primitive myenteric ganglia. VIP‐IR fibers were found within the developing fiber tracts which connected the ganglia. The number of VIP‐IR neurons was found to be maximum in the E15.5 embryo and to decline to 68% of maximum in the 4 week old chicken.