Choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive neurons in fetal monkey cerebral cortex

Authors

S. H.C. Hendry, University of California, Irvine
E. G. Jones, University of California, Irvine
H. P. Killackey, University of California, Irvine
L. M. Chalupa, California National Primate Research Center

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

12-15-1987

Journal

Developmental Brain Research

Volume

37

Issue

1-2

DOI

10.1016/0165-3806(87)90252-5

Keywords

Acetylcholine; Cerebral cortex; Immunocytochemistry; Non-pyramidal neuron

Abstract

Two monoclonal antibodies to choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) were used to stain the cerebral cortex of fetal monkeys at 110-150 days post-conception. In addition to a small number of immunostained fibers, cells resembling typical non-pyramidal neurons were immunostained in developing layers V and VI and in the subjacent white matter of each area examined (sensory-motor and visual areas). ChAT-immunoreactive neurons have not been described in the cerebral cortex of adult primates, but the present observations indicate such neurons exist in the developing primate cortex. © 1987.

APA Citation

Hendry, S., Jones, E., Killackey, H., & Chalupa, L. (1987). Choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive neurons in fetal monkey cerebral cortex. Developmental Brain Research, 37 (1-2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-3806(87)90252-5