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In rabbit and rat retinae, wholemounted preparations and 40 μm thick vibratome sections were processed for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunoreactivity and consecutive semithin sections were immunostained with anti-NOS and anti-GABA antisera, respectively. Two types of NOS-labelled amacrine cells were identified: type 1 cells with larger somata were intensely stained, and type 2 cells with smaller somata were weakly stained. A few displaced amacrine cells also showed NOS-like immunoreactivity. All these NOS-like immunoreactive neurons also expressed GABA-like immunoreactivity. Thus, nitric-oxide-containing neurons might constitute a subpopulation of GABAergic neurons in rabbit and rat retinae.
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Received: 18 August 1997 / Accepted: 15 October 1997
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Oh, SJ., Kim, IB., Lee, MY. et al. NOS-like immunoreactive neurons express GABA-like immunoreactivity in rabbit and rat retinae. Exp Brain Res 120, 109–113 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002210050383
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