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Glucagon immunoreactive neurons in the retina of different species

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Neurons displaying glucagon immunoreactivity were detected among the amacrine cells in the retina of goldfish, frog and pigeon. Nerve cell bodies were located in the inner nuclear layer with their processes ramifying in 2–3 more or less well-defined sublayers in the inner plexiform ayer. The distribution of cell bodies and processes varied with the species. In pigeon retina two separate populations of glucagon immunoreactive neurons were found among the amacrine cells. In frog retina glucagon immunoreactivity was also discerned in cell bodies in the ganglion cell layer. These cell bodies sent processes outwards to the inner plexiform layer. No glucagon immunoreactive neurons were detected in the retina of the rat, rabbit, cat, pig or cow.

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Tornqvist, K., Ehinger, B. Glucagon immunoreactive neurons in the retina of different species. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 220, 1–5 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02307008

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