Abstract
Lectins with specific affinity for terminal N-acetylgalactosamine, Vicia villosa agglutinin (VVA) and Glycine max agglutinin (soybean agglutinin; SBA), are shown to stain selectively a subpopulation of GABAergic neurons in the rat cerebral cortex. About 90% of VAA- and/or SBA-stained cells are also parvalbumin-immunoreactive, but no VVA-stained cells showed somatostatin-28-like or cholecystokinin-8-like immunoreactivities.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Acetylgalactosamine / metabolism*
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Animals
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Cerebral Cortex / cytology*
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Cerebral Cortex / metabolism
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Galactosamine / analogs & derivatives*
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Histocytochemistry / methods*
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Lectins*
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Male
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Muscle Proteins / metabolism*
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Neurons / classification
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Neurons / metabolism*
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Parvalbumins / metabolism*
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Plant Lectins*
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred Strains
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Sincalide / metabolism
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Somatostatin / metabolism
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Somatostatin-28
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Soybean Proteins*
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gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / metabolism*
Substances
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Lectins
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Muscle Proteins
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Parvalbumins
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Plant Lectins
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Soybean Proteins
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Vicia lectins
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soybean lectin
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Somatostatin
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gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
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Somatostatin-28
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Galactosamine
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Acetylgalactosamine
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Sincalide