Cytochemical demonstration of aspartate aminotransferase in the mossy-fibre system of the rat hippocampus
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Histochemistry and Cell Biology
- Vol. 87 (6) , 623-625
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00492481
Abstract
A lead-salt procedure was used for the cytochemical demonstration of aspartate aminotransferase (AT) in the CA3 of the rat hippocampus. Cytoplasmic- and mitochondrial-AT isoenzymes were demonstrated in different neuronal structures, but not in astrocytes. Of special interest was the localization of cytoplasmic AT in most mossy-fibre boutons. This might indicate that cytoplasmic AT is responsible for the production of releasable glutamate in the glutamatergic/aspartatergic mossy fibre system.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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