Organotypic culture of central histamine neurons.
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Organotypic cultures of histaminergic tuberomammillary (TM) neurons were grown using explants obtained from newborn rats. The cultures were examined after immunohistochemical localization of the histamine synthetic enzyme, L-histidine decarboxylase (HDC). The morphological properties of the somata, dendrites and axons of HDC-immunoreactive TM neurons in organotypic culture were virtually indistinguishable from those seen in situ. Extensive plexuses of HDC-immunopositive axons, including growth cones, were seen within the hypothalamus, the plasma surrounding the explant and co-cultured hippocampus. Organotypic cultures of TM histamine neurons, and co-cultures with their targets, provide a useful model system for studying several aspects of central histaminergic neurobiology.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Brain research
دوره 442 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988