An electron microscope immunocytochemical study of GABA(B) R2 receptors in the monkey basal ganglia: a comparative analysis with GABA(B) R1 receptor distribution

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
A ChararaY Smith

Abstract

Functional gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)(B) receptors are heterodimers made up of GABA(B) R1 and GABA(B) R2 subunits. The subcellular localization of GABA(B) R2 receptors remains poorly known in the central nervous system. Therefore, we performed an ultrastructural analysis of the localization of GABA(B) R2 receptor immunoreactivity in the monkey basal ganglia. Furthermore, to characterize better the neuronal sites at which GABA(B) R1 and GABA(B) R2 may interact to form functional receptors, we compared the relative distribution of immunoreactivity of the two GABA(B) receptors in various basal ganglia nuclei. Light to moderate GABA(B) R2 immunoreactivity was found in cell bodies and neuropil elements in all basal ganglia nuclei. At the electron microscope level, GABA(B) R2 immunoreactivity was commonly expressed postsynaptically, although immunoreactive preterminal axonal segments were also frequently encountered, particularly in the globus pallidus and substantia nigra, where they accounted for the third of the total number of GABA(B) R2-containing elements. A few labeled terminals that displayed the ultrastructural features of glutamatergic boutons were occasionally found in most basal ganglia nuclei, except for the subthala...Continue Reading

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