Short axon cells of the rat olfactory bulb display NADPH‐diaphorase activity, neuropeptide Y‐like immunoreactivity, and somatostatin‐like immunoreactivity
- 15 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Vol. 260 (3), 378-391
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.902600305
Abstract
Several types of short axon cells of the mammalian olfactory bulb have been described after Golgi impregnation. Two of these types have been observed in our material after treatment with the NADPH-diaphorase procedure or after immunohistochemistry for neuropeptide-Y (NPY). The cells stained by the two procedures have similar morphologies and distributions. A less extensive series of observations confirms that similar cells also display somatostatin (SS)-like immunoreactivity. One of these cell types corresponds to the superficial short axon cell of Golgi and electron microscopic studies. The dendrites of this cell lie within the periglomerular region and in the superficial external plexiform layer (EPL), generally lying parallel to the glomerular layer. In some cases the axon has been traced across the EPL into the granule cell layer (GCL). This cell may provide another route of interaction between the periglomerular region and the granule cells in addition to the influences conducted by basal dendrites and axon collaterals of some mitral and tufted cells. A type of deep short axon cell is also visible with these two procedures. It lies deep in the granule cell layer, frequently near the ventricular layer and its dendrites lie parallel to that layer. This deep short axon cell is stained with much greater frequency by the NADPH-diaphorase and NPY procedures than is the superficial short axon cell. It corresponds most closely to the Blanes or Golgi cells of the Golgi impregnation literature, but it appears to differ from these cells in the position and orientation of its dendrites. No spines have been observed on either the superficial or deep cells in this series. Many glomeruli are also stained by the NADPH-diaphorase procedure, but are not NPY or SS immunoreactive. This may provide additional evidence for functional differences between glomeruli in local regions of the olfactory bulb.Keywords
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