PMID- 1705269 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19910402 LR - 20151119 IS - 0021-9967 (Print) IS - 0021-9967 (Linking) VI - 302 IP - 2 DP - 1990 Dec 8 TI - Substance P- and opioid-immunoreactive structures in olfactory centers of the cat: adult pattern and postnatal development. PG - 349-69 AB - Substance P (SP)-ir and opioid-ir structures were studied in the cat main olfactory bulb (MOB), accessory olfactory bulb (AOB), and olfactory peduncle. In the MOB, the opioid-ir and the majority of the SP-ir neurons belong to the granule cell type. SP-ir granule cells reside in the deeper granule cell layer, whereas opioid-ir granule cells reside in the superficial granule cell layer, internal plexiform, and mitral cell layer. Many granule cells are observed in the external plexiform and glomerular layer. Other granule cells were found in the bulbar/peduncular white matter, the taenia tecta, and the genu of the corpus callosum. A new substance P-ir cell type was identified in the glomerular layer. This cell type was also identified by using the technique of intracellular injection of Lucifer Yellow. The cell type corresponds neither to the external tufted type nor to the short axon cell types described so far. The AOB resembles the MOB with respect to large numbers of SP-ir and opioid-ir granule cells. In addition, a few opioid-ir neurons, probably superficial mitral cells, were found in the glomerular layer. The AOB is surrounded by islands of immunoreactive granule cells, which connect to the granule cell layer by extremely long processes. Opioid-ir and SP-ir beaded axons pass through the olfactory peduncle terminating on granule cells, and ascend as far as the glomerular layer. All subdivisions of the anterior olfactory nucleus (AON) contain immunoreactive terminal fields. Afferent fibers and terminal plexuses derive from a population of immunoreactive neurons located predominantly in the region of the septo-olfactory junction. They have large somata. Their axons form recurrent collaterals, some of which run rostrally in the peduncular white matter. Others ascend caudally towards the septal region. The fibers seem to remain ipsilaterally, since the olfactory limb of the anterior commissure and the commissure proper are devoid of SP-ir and opioid-ir fibers. During development SP and opioid immunoreactivity were found only in differentiated granule cells. The peptides were not detectable in migrating or immature granule cells, as identified in Golgi-impregnated material. The granule cell population largely develops during postnatal life. The number of opioid-ir granule cells increases slowly and continuously, reaching the adult level not before the sixth postnatal month. Strikingly, SP-ir granule cell number increases fast and reaches a transient peak during the second month. Thereafter it declines (40% decrease) to the adult density, which is similar to that of opioid-ir granule cells. FAU - Wahle, P AU - Wahle P AD - Max-Planck-Institut fur Biophysikalische Chemie, Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany. FAU - Sanides-Kohlrausch, C AU - Sanides-Kohlrausch C FAU - Meyer, G AU - Meyer G FAU - Lubke, J AU - Lubke J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Comp Neurol JT - The Journal of comparative neurology JID - 0406041 RN - 0 (Endorphins) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Isoquinolines) RN - 33507-63-0 (Substance P) RN - 9654F8OVKE (lucifer yellow) SB - IM MH - Afferent Pathways/chemistry MH - Animals MH - Cats/*anatomy & histology/growth & development/metabolism MH - Endorphins/*analysis MH - Fluorescent Dyes MH - Immunoenzyme Techniques MH - Interneurons/chemistry MH - Isoquinolines MH - Olfactory Bulb/*chemistry/growth & development MH - Substance P/*analysis EDAT- 1990/12/08 00:00 MHDA- 1990/12/08 00:01 CRDT- 1990/12/08 00:00 PHST- 1990/12/08 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1990/12/08 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1990/12/08 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cne.903020212 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Comp Neurol. 1990 Dec 8;302(2):349-69. doi: 10.1002/cne.903020212.