Histochemistry

, Volume 55, Issue 1, pp 49–54 | Cite as

Age-dependent increase in the non-specific cholinesterase activity of the capillaries in the rat neostriatum

  • Pertti Panula
  • Leena Rechardt
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Summary

Histochemically demonstrable non-specific cholinesterase activity in the capillaries of the neostriatum of 3–5-month-old rats was much weaker than that of 24–27-month-old rats. In the young adult rats the activity was electron microscopically localized mainly in endoplasmic reticulum and perinuclear cisternae of the endothelial cells, while capillaries of old rats showed a positive reaction also in the basal lamina and outer cell membranes of glial processes.

Keywords

Public Health Endothelial Cell Cell Membrane Endoplasmic Reticulum Cholinesterase 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Pertti Panula
    • 1
  • Leena Rechardt
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of AnatomyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinki 17Finland

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