IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NPY AND SUBSTANCE-P CONTAINING NERVE-TERMINALS IN AGED AND DIABETIC HUMAN SYMPATHETIC-GANGLIA

被引:18
作者
SCHMIDT, RE
DORSEY, DA
ROTH, KA
机构
[1] Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
关键词
DIABETES; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY; NEUROPEPTIDE-Y; SYMPATHETIC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; AGING;
D O I
10.1016/S0006-8993(10)80043-5
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
To compare the neuropeptide specificity of dystrophic axon formation in aging versus diabetic human sympathetic ganglia we have immunohistochemically characterized neuropeptide Y (NPY) and substance P containing intraganglionic nerve terminals. Prevertebral superior mesenteric but not paravertebral superior cervical ganglia developed markedly swollen NPY containing axonal termini with both aging and diabetes. Substance P containing nerve terminals failed to develop dystrophic changes. Selective loss of classes of nerve terminals may result in discrete functional sequellae.
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页码:320 / 326
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