Robertson_1991_Exp.Neurol_114_330

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Title : Development of cholinesterase histochemical staining in cerebellar cortex: transient expression of nonspecific cholinesterase in Purkinje cells of the nodulus and uvula - Robertson_1991_Exp.Neurol_114_330
Author(s) : Robertson RT , Yu BP , Liu HH , Liu NH , Kageyama GH
Ref : Experimental Neurology , 114 :330 , 1991
Abstract :

Patterns of "nonspecific" cholinesterase (ChE) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity were studied in developing rat cerebellar cortex by enzyme histochemistry and light and electron microscopy. Three types of ChE histochemical reaction product were observed in cerebellar cortex: (i) ChE is found in capillary endothelium throughout the cerebellum. Capillary ChE staining is present by the time of birth and continues into adulthood. (ii) ChE is found in radial glial fibers and their parent cell bodies, the Golgi epithelial cells. Radial glial fiber staining is mot intense during the first 3 weeks of postnatal life. (iii) ChE is found in Purkinje cells of the nodulus and ventral uvula. No ChE staining of Purkinje cells was seen in other parts of the cerebellum. ChE staining of Purkinje cells appears to be transient, first appearing at Postnatal Day 2 (P2), reaching peak intensity at P7-9, and decreasing to adult levels by P16. AChE activity displays a pattern markedly different from ChE, with staining in deep cerebellar nuclei, in putative mossy fiber terminals, and in Golgi neurons of cerebellar cortex. No evidence was found for transient AChE staining in Purkinje cells in any part of the cerebellum. The function of transiently expressed ChE activity in developing Purkinje neurons is unknown, but may be related to reorganization of cerebellar cortical circuitry associated with growth of mossy fiber afferents.

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Robertson RT, Yu BP, Liu HH, Liu NH, Kageyama GH (1991)
Development of cholinesterase histochemical staining in cerebellar cortex: transient expression of nonspecific cholinesterase in Purkinje cells of the nodulus and uvula
Experimental Neurology 114 :330

Robertson RT, Yu BP, Liu HH, Liu NH, Kageyama GH (1991)
Experimental Neurology 114 :330