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Projections and neurochemistry of interneurones in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig gastric corpus

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Abstract

Recently, motor neurones of the myenteric plexus innervating the muscle layers or the mucosa have been identified in the guinea-pig stomach. We applied the neuronal tracer Dil (1,1'-didodecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorat) onto myenteric ganglia in order to identify populations of interneurones in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig stomach. The tracing was combined with the immunohistochemical detection of calbindinD28k (CALB), choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), neuropeptide Y (NPY) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) (5-HT) and the results were compared to the neurochemical coding of target specific motor neurones. Long projecting (~5.4 mm) ChAT/CALB/±5-HT-, nitric oxide synthase (NOS)/CALB- and short projecting (~1.1 mm) ChAT/NPY-neurones were identified as descending interneurones. CALB positive ascending interneurones contained ChAT but rarely 5-HT (code: ChAT/CALB). This study identified ascending and descending interneurones in the gastric myenteric plexus and revealed the neurochemical coding of some of the interneurone populations. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109-112
Number of pages4
JournalNeuroscience Letters
Volume295
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Dec 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Calbindin
  • Enteric nervous system
  • Gastric myenteric plexus
  • Interneurones
  • Neurochemical coding

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