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  • Title: Presence of neurons with GABA-like immunoreactivity in the superior cervical ganglion of the rat.
    Author: Wolff JR, Joó F, Kása P, Storm-Mathiesen J, Toldi J, Balcar VJ.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 1986 Nov 11; 71(2):157-62. PubMed ID: 3024073.
    Abstract:
    Using antibodies raised against gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-glutaraldehyde complexes, we have found neurons with GABA-like immunoreactivity in the superior cervical ganglion of adult rats. The processes of these neurons formed pericellular networks around the principal ganglion cells. Electron microscopy revealed that the immunoreactive dendrites were innervated by non-reactive axon terminals which formed asymmetrical synapses and probably originated from the preganglionic nerve. Axons with GABA-like immunoreactivity, especially axonal varicosities filled with synaptic vesicles, were found in direct apposition to principal ganglion cells. The GABA-positive axons and axon varicosities persisted in experimentally decentralized (deafferented) ganglia, suggesting that the perikarya of the immunoreactive neurons were intrinsic to the superior cervical ganglion. Taken together with data on inhibitory effects of GABA in sympathetic ganglia, these findings suggest that the superior cervical ganglion of rats contains a subpopulation of inhibitory interneurons which is GABAergic. This would indicate that GABAergic neurons do not only occur in the central but also in the peripheral nervous system.
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