Club endings containing substance P-like immunoreactivity in human retinal vessels: Whole mount preparation
A Verstappen1, D Toussaint, F Lotstra
1Laboratory of Neuropathology and Neuropeptide Research, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808, route de Lennik, Bldg C, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium; Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, 4 place Van Gehuchten, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium.
Neurochemistry International
|May 25, 2010
Abstract:
Substance P-like immunoreactivity was studied by fluorescence immunohistochemistry in human retinal vessels of the whole mount preparation. Substance P immunoreactive nerve fibers were seen to run along the arteries and some veins. Club terminals are in contact with the vessel wall. Substance P may act as a vasoregulator in the human retina.
