[Catecholaminergic nuclei of sheep encephalon. Immunocytochemical study. I. Myelencephalon and metencephalon]

Using an anti-tyrosine hydroxylase antiserum, the whole of catecholaminergic perikarya of the myelencephalon and metencephalon of the sheep were visualized immunocytochemically. Compared with those of the rat, these neuronal groups in the sheep were featured, firstly, by a greater dispersion relative to their perikarya and, secondly, by the absence of A3 and A4 nuclei described by Dahlstrom and Fuxe.