ANATOMICAL MAPPING OF CHOLINE-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (CHAT)-LIKE AND GLUTAMATE-DECARBOXYLASE (GAD)-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN OUTER HAIR CELL EFFERENTS IN ADULT-RATS

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作者
DANNHOF, BJ [1 ]
ROTH, B [1 ]
BRUNS, V [1 ]
机构
[1] JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE UNIV,INST ZOOL,SIESMAYERSTR 70,W-6000 FRANKFURT 11,GERMANY
关键词
COCHLEAR EFFERENTS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; RAT (WISTAR);
D O I
10.1007/BF00678715
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The distribution of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-like and glutamate decarboxylase (GAD)-like immunoreactivity in the cochleae of 15 adult Wistar white rats was investigated using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique. A monoclonal antibody to ChAT and a polyclonal antiserum to GAD were used. Immunoreaction was investigated quantitatively, in the electron microscope, on tangential sections of the tunnel of Corti and the rows of outer hair cells. ChAT-like and GAD-like immunoreactivity was found in all efferent nerve fibres in the tunnel of Corti and in all efferent synapses on the outer hair cells. A coexistence of ChAT and GAD in the efferent system to the outer hair cells of the rat is therefore assumed.
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