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. 1993 Feb;39(1):115-23.

Synaptic and non-synaptic immunolocalization of GABA and glutamate acid decarboxylase (GAD) in cerebellar cortex of rat

R Martínez-Rodríguez  1 , A Tonda, R R Gragera, R Paz-Doel, R García-Cordovilla, E Fernández-Fernández, A M Fernández, F González-Romero, A López-Bravo
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Synaptic and non-synaptic immunolocalization of GABA and glutamate acid decarboxylase (GAD) in cerebellar cortex of rat

R Martínez-Rodríguez et al. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1993 Feb.

Abstract

The existence of a large number of GABA receptors in the cerebellar molecular layer, and the observation of numerous punctate immunoreactive deposits of GABA synthesizing enzyme (GAD) throughout this layer, could indicate the existence of numerous axon terminals that may be involved in neurotransmission modulated by GABA. These axon terminals may be different from those considered classically as cerebellar GABAergic axon terminals. Therefore, we have reinvestigated the localization of GABA- and GAD-immunoreactivities in the cerebellar cortex of the rat with the PAP method, using different antisera obtained from rabbits immunized with GABA, baclofen and GAD. The results observed in our investigation have demonstrated GABA- and GAD-immunoreactivities in the axon terminals considered classically as GABAergic, as well as in others which, until now, have not been considered GABAergic. This fact leads us to think that the distribution of GABA or molecules structurally similar to GABA is far more extended than previously thought in the cerebellum. We have also observed both GABA- and GAD-immunoreactivities within dendrites and glial cells. These facts suggest us a possible extrasynaptic release of GABA.

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