TY - JOUR T1 - Simultaneous Identification of Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Choline Acetyltransferase Neurons AU - , A.O. Ihunwo AU - , R. Schliebs JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 6 IS - 9 SP - 1116 EP - 1119 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2007.1116.1119 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.1116.1119 KW - ChAT KW -Tyrosine hydroxylase KW -brain KW -immunoflurescence KW -identification KW -neurons AB - Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH) and Choline Acetyltransferase (ChAT) immunoreactivity were examined in the adult mouse brain by a modified double labelling immunofluorescence method. Mice were transcardially perfused with saline followed by fixative (4% paraformaldehyde in 0.1M phosphate buffer, pH 7.4). Frozen brain was cut at 30 m thickness for light microscopy. All staining procedures were conducted under room temperature. Dopaminergic neurons were identified from Cy2-coupled-donkey-anti-rabbit antibody and cholinergic neurons by Cy3-coupleddonkey-anti-goat for ChAT. The cell bodies of both TH- and ChAT- positive neurons with their respective axonal and dendritic processes were easily visible. This method proved reliable for simultaneous demonstration, in the same brain tissue sections, of TH- and ChAT-containing neurons. ER -