Distribution of 125I-galanin binding sites, immunoreactive galanin, and its coexistence with 5-hydroxytryptamine in the cat spinal cord: Biochemical, histochemical, and experimental studies at the light and electron microscopic level
- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (Sweden)
The distribution of galanin-like immunoreactivity (GAL-LI) in the spinal cord of the cat was studied by use of indirect histochemistry and the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique. In the ventral horn GAL-immunoreactive (IR) axonal fibers and terminals were most frequent in the ventral part of the motor nucleus. The GAL-IR axons also contained 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-LI, and they disappeared after spinal cord transection. It was concluded that these GAL-IR fibers belong to the serotoninergic bublospinal pathway. In the medulla oblongata from normal cats, scattered GAL-IR cell bodies were encountered within the nucleus raphe obscurus and nucleus raphe pallidus. Electron microscopic observations revealed that the fine structure of the GAL-IR axonal boutons in the motor nucleus was similar to that of 5-HT-IR boutons with a varying number of immunoreactive large dense core vesicles. The postsynaptic element in all cases studied was a dendrite. A dense GAL-IR axonal plexus was found in the superficial laminae I-II of the dorsal horn. Coexistence was found between the GAL- and substance P-LI in fibers within the dorsal horn plexus. Spinal cord transection did not alter the pattern of GAL-LI in the dorsal horn, while the vast majority of GAL-IR axonal swellings disappeared following dorsal root sectioning. Electron microscopic observations in lamina II (substantia gelatinosa) revealed that the GAL-IR axonal terminals could be divided into two main groups. One with small to medium-sized axonal boutons formed synaptic contacts with both dendritic and axonal profiles. The other formed the central axon terminals of glomeruli, suggesting that GAL-LI may be present in C-type primary afferents. Numerous small GAL-IR cell bodies were encountered in laminae II and III. GAL-IR cell bodies were also observed in lamina X.
- OSTI ID:
- 5229670
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Comparative Neurology; (United States), Vol. 308:1; ISSN 0021-9967
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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