Localization of the peptide Hydra morphogen in the pontine neurons of the human brain
Varaksin, A.A.; Vinogradov, V.A.; Motavkin, P.A.; Zverkov, I.V.; Tishchenko, V.A.
Arkhiv Anatomii Gistologii i Embriologii 93(9): 34-36
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1947 PMID: 3426408 Document Number: 301814
Localization of neurons with peptide "Hydra morphogen" in the human pons has been investigated by means of immunocytochemical methods. Single neurons are found in the cranial part of the pons, in its grey substance, that immediately adjoins the lateral walls of the IV ventricles and in the nucleus tegmenti dorsalis. These neurons are round and polygonal with body diameter 22-25 mcm, they contain light brown precipitate of various density. The data obtained corresponds to general evolutionary regularities on distribution of biologically active peptides in the nervous system of vertebrate and invertebrate animals.