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A comparative study of the calcium-binding proteins calbindin-D28K, calretinin, calmodulin and parvalbumin in the rat spinal cord

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Comparison of the immunocytochemical localizations revealed distinct patterns of differential distribution and overlapping of calbindin-D28K (CB-D28K), calretinin (CR), calmodulin (CM) and parvalbumin (PV) in the rat spinal cord. In some areas, one of the four calcium-binding proteins (CBPs) appears to be predominant, for example, CB-D28K in lamina I and ependymal cells, PV at the inner part of laminae II, CR in laminae V and VI and CM in motoneurons of lamina IX. In other regions of the spinal cord, more than one CBPs was abundant. CB-D28K and CR were similarly distributed in lamina II and the lateral spinal and cervical nucleus; CM and PV were similarly abundant in the ventromedial dorsal horn, internal basilar and central cervical nucleus; CR and PV were similarly heterogeneous in the gracile fasciculus from caudal to rostral spinal cord. In the sacral dorsal gray commissure, the distribution patterns of CR and PV were clearly complementary. The unilateral ganglionectomies resulted

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