Calbindin-D(28K)-immunoreactive cells are tightly packed within a discrete region of the caudal aspect of the suprachiasmatic nuclei of hamsters. These cells receive direct retinal input and are Fos-positive in response to a light pulse. Knowledge of their afferent and efferent connections is necessary to understand suprachiasmatic nucleus organization. The first aim of the present study is to ...

Distribution of calbindin D28k in the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, adrenals, pancreas, small and large intestines, and in stomach from 6 adult Wistar rats were investigated immunohistochemically using an antiserum raised against the 28kD calbindin from chicken duodenum. Parathyroid, intestine and pancreatic endocrine cells failed to react with the antibodies whereas immunoreactivity was mar...

The distribution pattern and the morphology of calbindin D-28k-immunoreactive neurons were studied in the accessory olfactory bulb of the rat using a monoclonal antibody and the avidin-biotin-immunoperoxidase method. Positive neurons were observed in all layers but the vomeronasal nerve layer. Scarce mono-dendritic periglomerular neurons were calbindin D-28k-immunoreactive. Different morphologi...

Adult neurogenesis is a widespread phenomenon in many species, from invertebrates to humans. In songbirds, the telencephalic region, high vocal center (HVC), continuously integrates new neurons in adulthood. This nucleus consists of a heterogenous population of inhibitory interneurons (HVC(IN)) and two populations of projection neurons that send axons towards either the robust nucleus of the ar...

Ca 2 -binding proteins are ubiquitously expressed throughout the CNS and serve as valuable immunohistochemical markers for certain types of neurons. However, the functional role of most Ca 2 -binding proteins has to date remained obscure because their concentration in central neurons is not known. In this study, we investigate the intracellular concentration of the widely expressed Ca 2 -bindin...

The monoid $Cb$ of name substitutions and the notion of finitely supported $Cb$-sets introduced by Pitts as a generalization of nominal sets. A simple finitely supported $Cb$-set is a one point extension of a cyclic nominal set. The support map of a simple finitely supported $Cb$-set is an injective map. Also, for every two distinct elements of a simple finitely supported $Cb$-set, there exists...

The effects of a short-term ethanol treatment on hippocampus have been studied in mice exhibiting intoxication signs. The alterations of neurons and astrocytes as well as quantitative changes of calbindin D28k-immunoreactivity and glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunoreactivity (GFAP-IR) in selected regions of the dorsal hippocampus were examined using anti-calbindin and anti-GFAP monoclonal a...

Calbindin-D28k is a calcium-binding protein that mediates intracellular calcium concentrations and exerts a neuroprotective effect against ischemic injury. Ferulic acid provides a neuroprotective effect against focal cerebral ischemia through its anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory mechanisms. In this study, we investigated whether ferulic acid regulates calbindin-D28k expression during focal ...

We have studied the distribution of the calcium-binding protein calbindin in the adult rabbit retina by using a commercially available antibody and immunocytochemical methods. The most heavily labeled cells are A-type horizontal cells, but B-type horizontal cells are also lightly labeled by this antibody. Among the horizontal cells, there is a mosaic of small, well-labeled somata, which we have...

The reaction of neuroactive substances to ischemic conditions in the rat retina evoked by different methods was immunochemically evaluated in adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Ocular ischemic conditions were unilaterally produced by elevating intraocular pressure (EIOP) or by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Two EF-hand calcium binding proteins, calbindin D28K (CB) and calretinin (CR), in the ...