Morphological relationship between serotonergic neurons and nitrergic neurons for electrolytes secretion in the submucous plexus of the guinea pig distal colon

Makoto Kadowaki*, Hirofumi Kuramoto, Atsukazu Kuwahara

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Abstract

In the submucous plexus, double immunocytochemistry revealed that nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-immunoreactivity was found in both numerous nerve fibers and some nerve cell bodies, while 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-immunoreactivity was limited to many nerve fibers, but not any nerve cell bodies. About 30% of the total NOS positive neurons (978) had close or some contact with 5-HT positive nerve fiber, suggesting that NO may participate in the 5-HT-evoked chloride secretion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)288-291
Number of pages4
JournalBrain Research
Volume831
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999/06/12

Keywords

  • 5-Hydroxytryptamine
  • Distal colon
  • Guinea pig
  • Immunocytochemistry
  • Nitric oxide
  • Submucous plexus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Developmental Biology

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