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Localization of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) messenger RNA (mRNA) in amacrine cells of rat retina

S Okamoto, Hitoshi Okamura, H Terubayashi, Yoshio Akagi, Hiroshi Okamoto, Yasuhiko Ibata

Current Eye Research · 1992 · 10 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

We detected vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) messenger RNA (mRNA) in the rat retina using an in situ hybridization technique and a 35S-labelled cDNA probe. VIP mRNA was present in the cells of the inner nuclear layer (INL). The VIP mRNA-positive cells showed a distribution similar to that of the VIP-like immunoreactive amacrine cells. This observation suggests that VIP mRNA undergoes transcription in the VIP-immunoreactive amacrine cells.

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