THE BASIC-AMINO-ACID TRANSPORTER (RBAT)-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN PARAVENTRICULAR AND SUPRAOPTIC MAGNOCELLULAR NEURONS OF THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS

Authors
HISANO S HAGA H MIYAMOTO KI TAKEDA E FUKUI Y
Citation
S. Hisano et al., THE BASIC-AMINO-ACID TRANSPORTER (RBAT)-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN PARAVENTRICULAR AND SUPRAOPTIC MAGNOCELLULAR NEURONS OF THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS, Brain research, 710(1-2), 1996, pp. 299-302
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068993
Volume
710
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
299 - 302
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(1996)710:1-2<299:TBT(II>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In the rat hypothalamus, the basic amino acid transporter (rBAT)-like immunoreactivity was analyzed by immunohistochemistry using an antibod y against the 15-amino acid sequence of the deduced rat rBAT protein. In the supraoptic and the paraventricular nuclei, magnocellular neuron s exhibited the marked rBAT-like immunoreactivity in intracellular str uctures but not in the plasma membrane. The results suggest that the r BAT serves as an intracellular amino acid transport system in magnocel lular neurons.