Cellular distribution of parvalbumin immunoreactivity in the peripheral vestibular system of three rodents |
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Authors: | Danielle Demêmes Michel Eybalin Nicole Renard |
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Institution: | (1) INSERM U 254, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie Sensorielle, USTL, Place E. Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France;(2) INSERM U 254, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l'Audition, C.H.U., Hôpital St. Charles, F-34059 Montpellier Cedex 1, France |
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Abstract: | The cellular distribution of parvalbumin immunoreactivity in the vestibular peripheral system of mouse, rat, and guinea pig was investigated by light and electron microscopy. Parvalbumin was found in all neurons of the vestibular ganglia of these species but in the sensory epithelia immunoreactivity was restricted to type I hair cells localized exclusively in the central areas. The very intense staining pattern was similar in the cristae ampullares and utricles of all three species but a faint immunoreaction was also detectable in sensory cells of peripheral areas of rat cristae. The parvalbumin-immunoreactive type I sensory cells are connected by nerve fibres of the calyx unit type which are known selectively to contain calretinin. |
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Keywords: | Parvalbumin Peripheral vestibular system Crista ampullaris Utricle Immunocytochemistry Mouse (CBA/C57) Rat (Wistar) Guinea pig (BFA) |
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