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Immunocytochemical distribution of the AMPA receptor subunits GluR2/3 and GluR4 in the cristae ampullares of the hatched chicken / Distribución inmunocitoquímica de las subunidades GluR2/3 y GluR4 del receptor AMPA de glutamato en las crestas ampulares del pollo posteclosión
Elezgarai, I; Puente, N; Azkue, JJ; Hermida, D; Bilbao, A; Díez, J; Doñate-Oliver, F; Flores, A; Grandes, P.
Affiliation
  • Elezgarai, I; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
  • Puente, N; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
  • Azkue, JJ; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
  • Hermida, D; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
  • Bilbao, A; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
  • Díez, J; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
  • Doñate-Oliver, F; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
  • Flores, A; Autonomic University of Puebla. Physiology Institute. Puebla. México
  • Grandes, P; Basque Country University. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Department of Neurosciences. Bilbao. Spain
Eur. j. anat ; 7(2): 79-83, sept. 2003. ilus
Article in En | IBECS | ID: ibc-30361
Responsible library: ES1.1
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ABSTRACT
A preembedding immunoperoxidase method was used to study the distribution of the GluR2/3 and GluR4 AMPA subunits of the ionotropic glutamate receptors in the peripheral vestibular epithelium of the hatched chicken. At the light microscopic level, a strong immunoreactivity for both subunits was observed around type I hair cells in the cristae ampullares. At ultrastructural level, immunoreaction product was accumulated in calyx-type profiles of vestibular ganglion afferent fibres closely attached to type I hair cells. Occasionally, bouton-type endings supposedly on type II hair cells were immunostained for GluR4. These observations, together with the electrophysiological evidence, suggest that GluR2/3 and GluR4 subunits play a role in the transmission of vestibular sensory information during early development of the chicken (AU)
RESUMEN
En este trabajo hemos estudiado la distribución de las subunidades GluR2/3 y GluR4 del receptor ionotrópico AMPA de glutamato en el epitelio vestibular periférico del pollo posteclosión. Para ello, hemos empleado un método de inmunoperoxidasa preinclusión para microscopía de luz y electrónica. A nivel de las crestas ampulares, observamos una intensa inmunorreactividad frente a GluR2/3 y GluR4 alrededor de las células pilosas tipo I. A nivel ultraestructural, la inmunorreacción era evidente en las terminales caliciformes de las fibras aferentes del ganglio vestibular que abrazaban a las células pilosas tipo I. GluR4 también se expresaba en algunos botones terminales dispuestos sobre células pilosas tipo II.Estas observaciones, junto con evidencias electrofisiológicas, sugieren que las subunidades GluR2/3 y GluR4 participan en la transmisión de la información vestibular durante el desarrollo temprano del pollo (AU)
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Collection: National databases / Spain Database: IBECS Main subject: Receptors, Glutamate / Receptors, AMPA / Hair Cells, Auditory Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Eur. j. anat Year: 2003 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Autonomic University of Puebla/México / Basque Country University/Spain
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Collection: National databases / Spain Database: IBECS Main subject: Receptors, Glutamate / Receptors, AMPA / Hair Cells, Auditory Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Eur. j. anat Year: 2003 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Autonomic University of Puebla/México / Basque Country University/Spain
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