PMID: 8474684Jan 12, 1993Paper

Postnatal development of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-containing neurons in the visual cortex of normal and dark-reared rats

Neuroscience Letters
H MichaloudiJ G Parnavelas

Abstract

The effects of dark rearing on the distribution and density of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-containing neurons in the visual cortical areas (17, 18 and 18a) of rats during postnatal development were examined immunohistochemically. Two groups of Wistar rats, one reared under normal lighting conditions and the other in complete darkness from birth, were used. VIP neurons showed a fairly similar distribution in the three visual areas, being predominantly present in layers II and III. Their pattern of development was found to be similar in the normal and dark-reared animals and was characterized by a marked increase from postnatal day (P) 7 to P21, followed by a gradual diminution to 24-31% of peak densities. Counts of labeled neurons at all ages examined showed that their density was similar in both groups at P7 and P14, but progressively greater in dark-reared animals from P21 and thereafter, so that they only fell to 38-43% of peak densities. Thus, by 60 days of age densities of VIP-labeled neurons in areas 17, 18 and 18a in dark-reared rats were 57%, 49% and 51% higher than in the corresponding areas of the age-matched control rats. These results indicate that the normal decline in the numbers of VIP neurons is not s...Continue Reading

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