Article
Phenotypic plasticity in adult sympathetic neurons: changes in neuropeptide expression in organ culture.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Feb 1992
Zigmond R E, Hyatt-Sachs H, Baldwin C, Qu X M, Sun Y, McKeon T W, Schreiber R C, Vaidyanathan U
Abstract excerpt
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-like immunoreactivity is present at low levels in the superior cervical ganglion of the adult rat, where immunostained neural processes, but only an occasional immunostained cell body, are found. However, when ganglia are maintained for 24 or 48 hr in organ culture, their content of VIP-like immunoreactivity increases 6- or 31-fold, respectively. When examined at 24 hr, the...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Gene Expression
- Neuronal Plasticity
- Neuropeptide Y
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Peptide PHI
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains