Abstract
Using immunocytochemistry, we detected tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-containing cells in the developing inferior colliculus. These cells lacked other catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes and they occurred in newborn and immature rats up to 21 days of age. TH-positive cells of the inferior colliculus were contacted by synapses that contained pleomorphic vesicles.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Aging
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Animals
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Dopa Decarboxylase / metabolism
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Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / metabolism
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Histocytochemistry
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Inferior Colliculi / enzymology
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Inferior Colliculi / growth & development*
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Neurons / enzymology*
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Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase / metabolism
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Rats
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Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / metabolism*
Substances
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Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
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Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase
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Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase
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Dopa Decarboxylase