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  • 1
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    Taurine in the hippocampal formation of the Senegalese baboon, Papio papio: an immunocytochemical study with an antiserum against conjugated taurine (1985)
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    Experimental brain research 59 (1985), S. 457-462 
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    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Taurine ; Immunocytochemistry ; Hippocampus ; Baboon
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary An antiserum raised against taurine conjugated to bovine serum albumin by glutaraldehyde produced intense staining of hippocampal pyramidal neurons at the CA1/CA3 transition (including CA2) and of a small proportion of the granule cells. Strongly immunoreactive neurons were also found in a zone overlapping the second reflected blade in the hilus. Most glial cells were unlabeled.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00261334
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    GABA, glycine, glutamate, aspartate and taurine in the perihypoglossal nuclei: an immunocytochemical investigation in the cat with particular reference to the issue of amino acid colocalization (1989)
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    Experimental brain research 78 (1989), S. 345-357 
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    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Perihypoglossal nuclei ; Glutamate ; Aspartate ; Glycine ; GABA ; Taurine ; Colocalization ; Cats
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The differential distribution of glutamate (Glu), aspartate (Asp), glycine (Gly), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and taurine (Tau) was investigated in the cat's perihypoglossal nuclei. Serial semi-thin (0.5 μm) sections through the perihypoglossal nuclei were incubated with antisera raised against the mentioned amino acids with the aim of studying possible co-localization. In each experiment different measures were undertaken in order to screen for possible cross-reactivities, and all sections were processed together with test conjugates in order to ascertain the specificity of the antisera used. A very high proportion of the neurons in the perihypoglossal nuclei (about 90%) shows strong immunostaining for Asp and also displays distinct immunoreactivity for Glu in neighbouring sections. About 25% of the cells in the perihypoglossal nuclei are intensely immunostained for Gly, but very few cells show immunoreactivity for GABA. Only glial cells appear to be immunostained for Tau. Neurons that are Gly(+) also display Glu and Asp immunoreactivities. The neuropil of the perihypoglossal nuclei shows a high density of GABA(+), Gly(+) and Glu(+) puncta mainly representing stained axons and terminals. Fewer Asp(+) puncta and very few Tau(+) nerve terminal-like puncta are seen. Details of the regional distribution of immunopositive neurons and puncta within the perihypoglossal nuclei are described. The findings are discussed with particular reference to the possible role of the mentioned amino acids as transmitter substances in the known synaptic circuitry of the perihypoglossal nuclei.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00228906
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    Differential cellular distribution of two sulphur-containing amino acids in rat cerebellum (1992)
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    Experimental brain research 90 (1992), S. 11-20 
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    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Homocysteic acid ; Cerebellum ; Taurine ; Glial cells ; Rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary An antiserum to homocysteic acid was raised in rabbits. Immunogens were prepared by coupling this amino acid to bovine serum albumin by means of glutaraldehyde and paraformaldehyde. When applied to semithin or ultrathin sections of rat cerebellum, the antiserum produced selective labelling of glial cells and processes, including the Bergmann fibers. No enrichment of immunoreactivity was detected in nerve terminals of the major excitatory fiber systems. The distribution of homocysteic acid-like immunoreactivity was very different from that of taurine (another sulphur-containing amino acid), as judged from consecutive semithin sections labelled with a postembedding immunoperoxidase procedure and from ultrathin sections labelled with a postembedding double immunogold procedure. Taurine-like immunoreactivity was concentrated in Purkinje cells and was low in glial elements. Our data suggest that the cerebellum contains a glial pool of homocysteic acid (and/or precursors that may undergo spontaneous oxidation to homocysteic acid) and that this amino acid is unlikely to act as a cerebellar transmitter.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00229251
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    Immunocytochemical evidence suggests that taurine is colocalized with GABA in the Purkinje cell terminals, but that the stellate cell terminals predominantly contain GABA: a light- and electronmicroscopic study of the rat cerebellum (1988)
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    Experimental brain research 72 (1988), S. 407-416 
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    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Taurine ; GABA ; Colocalization ; Cerebellum ; Purkinje cells
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The distributions of taurine-like and GABA-like immunoreactivities in the rat cerebellum were compared by analysis of consecutive semithin and ultrathin sections, postembedding labeled with the peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique or with an indirect immunogold procedure, respectively. Taurine-like immunoreactivity was selectively enriched in Purkinje cell bodies, dendrites and spines, and boutons in the cerebellar nuclei exhibiting ultrastructural features typical of Purkinje cell terminals. The stellate and basket cell bodies and terminals were very weakly labeled. A computer assisted quantitative assessment of the net immunogold labeling revealed that the mean gold particle density in the Purkinje cell terminals was about 70% higher than that in the Purkinje cell dendrites, and about 14 times higher than that in the stellate/basket cell terminals in the molecular layer. Stellate, basket and Purkinje cell terminals emerged as intensely immunoreactive in adjacent sections processed with an antiserum against conjugated GABA. These findings indicate, contrary to recent electrophysiological data, that GABA is a more likely transmitter candidate than taurine in the stellate cells. The apparent colocalization of GABA and taurine in the terminals of Purkinje cells raises the possibility that these terminals are capable of releasing two different inhibitory amino acids.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00250262
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    Immunocytochemical and circadian biochemical analysis of neuroactive amino acids in the pineal gland of the rat: effect of superior cervical ganglionectomy (1992)
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    Cell & tissue research 269 (1992), S. 515-523 
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Pineal gland ; Pinealocytes ; Glutamate ; Glutamine ; Taurine ; Circadian rhythm ; Superior cervical sympathectomy ; Rat (Sprague-Dawley)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Semiquantitative immunocytochemistry by immuno-gold techniques revealed differences in the spatial distribution of glutamate, glutamine, and taurine within the pineal gland, with greatest labeling over pinealocytes, glia, and endothelia, respectively. At the subcellular level, glutamate labeling tended to be highest over pinealocyte synaptic ribbons and mitochondria, and lowest over lipid inclusions. Pineal levels of glutamate, glutamine and taurine, as measured by high performance liquid chromatography, did not vary over a light: dark cycle. Superior cervical sympathetic denervation, which abolishes pineal melatonin synthesis, resulted in a nearly 50% reduction in pineal glutamate levels, but had no effect on levels of glutamine and taurine. Other amino acids (alanine, arginine, aspartate, serine) were reduced by 23%–33% following sympathectomy. These data suggest an important role for glutamate in pinealocyte function(s) possibly related to the noradrenergic innervation of the gland.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00353906
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