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Localization of substance P and GABA in retinotectal ganglion cells of the larval tiger salamander

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Carl B. Watt ,
Patricia A. Glazebrook  and
Valarie J. Florack
Carl B. Watt
Affiliation:
Alice R. McPherson Laboratory of Retina Research, Center for Biotechnology, Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands
Patricia A. Glazebrook
Affiliation:
Alice R. McPherson Laboratory of Retina Research, Center for Biotechnology, Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands
Valarie J. Florack
Affiliation:
Alice R. McPherson Laboratory of Retina Research, Center for Biotechnology, Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands
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Abstract

The present study was performed as part of a systematic examination of the transmitter specificity of neuronal populations in the larval tiger salamander retina. Backfill-labeling of ganglion cells from the optic tectum was combined with double-label immunofluorescence histochemistry to determine if substance P and GABA are localized to ganglion cell populations in the tiger salamander retina. The triple-label analysis revealed the presence of substance P- and GABA-ganglion cells in both central and peripheral regions of the retina. Substance P-immunoreactive ganglion cells comprised 2% of the total population of backfill-labeled ganglion cells, while less than 1% of backfill-labeled ganglion cells expressed GABA immunoreactivity. Ganglion cells were not found to co-label for both substance P and GABA. Backfill-labeled displaced ganglion cells, which comprised 1.4% of the ganglion cell population, were not observed to be immunoreactive for either substance P or GABA. Forty-six point nine percent of substance P-cells in the ganglion cell layer were backfill-labeled and were identified as ganglion cells. GABA ganglion cells comprised less than 1% of GABA-immunoreactive cells in the ganglion cell layer.

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Triple-labelAMCAImmunocytochemistryBackfillCoexistenceNeuropeptideClassical neurotransmitter

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , March 1994 , pp. 355 - 362
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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