کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2023331 1542440 2008 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Synaptic relationships between proopiomelanocortin- and ghrelin-containing neurons in the rat arcuate nucleus
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Synaptic relationships between proopiomelanocortin- and ghrelin-containing neurons in the rat arcuate nucleus
چکیده انگلیسی
Both proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and ghrelin peptides are implicated in the feeding regulation. The synaptic relationships between POMC- and ghrelin-containing neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus were studied using double-immunostaining methods at the light and electron microscope levels. Many POMC-like immunoreactive axon terminals were found to be apposed to ghrelin-like immunoreactive neurons and also to make synapses with ghrelin-like immunoreactive neuronal perikarya and dendritic processes. Most of the synapses were symmetrical in shape. A small number of synapses made by ghrelin-like immunoreactive axon terminals on POMC-like immunoreactive neurons were also identified. Both the POMC- and ghrelin-like immunoreactive neurons were found to contain large dense granular vesicles. These data suggest that the POMC-producing neurons are modulated via synaptic communication with ghrelin-containing neurons. Moreover, ghrelin-containing neurons may also have a feedback effect on POMC-containing neurons through direct synaptic contacts.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Regulatory Peptides - Volume 145, Issues 1–3, 10 January 2008, Pages 128-132
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