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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and VIP mRNA decrease in the cerebral cortex of nNOS knock-out(-/-) mice
- Kim, MJ;
- Joo, KM;
- Chung, YH;
- Lee, YJ;
- Kim, J;
- 외 4명
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Although there is much evidence showing that NO regulates the release of VIP in several areas, there is no report about the influence of NO on VIP in the cerebral cortex. We therefore examined changes in VIP expression in the cerebral cortex of nNOS knock-out(-/-) mice using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. The nNOS((-/-)) mice had significantly fewer VIP-immunoreactive neurons than the control mice and the VIP mRNA as well as the VIP-immunoreactivity of the individual neuron was decreased in the nNOS((-/-)) mice. The first demonstration of decrease in VIP expression in the cerebral cortex of nNOS((-/-)) mice may provide useful data for investigating the relation between NO and VIP in the cerebral cortex and the mechanisms of many functions of these two neurotransmitters. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
키워드
- 제목
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and VIP mRNA decrease in the cerebral cortex of nNOS knock-out(-/-) mice
- 저자
- Kim, MJ; Joo, KM; Chung, YH; Lee, YJ; Kim, J; Lee, BH; Shin, DH; Lee, KH; Cha, CI
- 발행일
- 2003-07
- 유형
- Article
- 저널명
- Brain Research
- 권
- 978
- 호
- 1-2
- 페이지
- 233 ~ 240
- 언어
- ENG
- 출판사
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- 발행국가
- 네덜란드
- 분량
- 8 페이지
- ISSN
- E 1872-6240
P 0006-8993