Glutamate-like immunoreactivity in the leech central nervous system |
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Authors: | Peter D. Brodfuehrer Avis H. Cohen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Seeley G. Mudd Hall, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, NY, USA;(2) Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College, 19010 Bryn Mawr, PA, USA;(3) Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, 20742 College Park, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Using a monoclonal antibody for glutamate the distribution was determined of glutamate-like immunoreactive neurons in the leech central nervous system (CNS). Glutamate-like immunoreactive neurons (GINs) were found to be localized to the anterior portion of the leech CNS: in the first segmental ganglion and in the subesophageal ganglion. Exactly five pairs of GINs consistently reacted with the glutamate antibody. Two medial pairs of GINs were located in the subesophageal ganglion and shared several morphological characteristics with two medial pairs of GINs in the first segmental ganglion. An additional lateral pair of GINs was also located in segmental ganglion 1. A pair of glutamate-like immunoreactive neurons, which are potential homologs of the lateral pair of GINs in segmental ganglion 1, were occasionally observed in more posterior segmental ganglia along with a selective group of neuronal processes. Thus only a small, localized population of neurons in the leech CNS appears to use glutamate as their neurotransmitter. |
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