Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
The distribution of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits (GluR1-4), considered a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isaxole propionic acid type (AMPA-type), was investigated in the rat spinal cord by immunocytochemistry. Different distributions of the AMPA-type glutamate receptor subunits were observed in the spinal cord. Immunolabelling with antibodies to both GluR1 and GluR2/3 revealed intensive staining in the dorsal horn, while staining for GluR2/3 and GluR4 revealed dense motor neurones in the ventral horn. These results suggest that in the rat spinal cord AMPA-type glutamate receptors vary in composition according to the region where they are expressed.
Keywords
AMPA-type glutamate receptors, excitatory amino acids, spinal cord
First Page
221
Last Page
225
Recommended Citation
NAZLI, MÜMTAZ; SOYGÜDER, ZAFER; and ÇARHAN, AHMET (2002) "Expression of Subunits of AMPA-Type (Ionotropic) Glutamate Receptors in the Rat Spinal Cord," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 26: No. 2, Article 4. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol26/iss2/4
