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An immunohistochemical method for the localization of N-acetylserotonin (NAS) in the central nervous system. Description, validation, and application of the technique

O Pulido, G Brown and LJ Grota

Antisera to N-acetylserotonin (NAS) were raised in rabbits by coupling NAS to bovine serum albumin (BSA) through a p-carboxybenzyl (PCB) bridge at the indole N. The specificity and applicability of these antisera in immunohistochemistry is reported. The anti-NAS antiserum and a fluorescein-labeled immunoglobulin were employed to investigate the topographic distribution of immunoreactive NAS (INAS) in the hindbrain (mesencephalon, cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata). Positive identification of INAS was confirmed in the granular layer of the cerebellum, the tractus spinalis nervi trigemini and the reticular formation. INAS was also identified in Purkinje cells, cerebellar nuclei, nucleus principalis nervi trigemini, nucleus tractus mesencephali, cochlear and vestibular nuclei, the locus coeruleus, and other brain stem regions. The pattern of INAS distribution is independent of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE), although certain loci could contain both INAS and serotonin or INAS and norepinephrine.

Volume 31, Issue 12, pp. 1343-1350, 12/01/1983
Copyright © 1983 by The Histochemical Society


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