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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2018 , Volume 6, Issue 1
Page No. : 305-312
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6157

Histoenzymological Distribution of Acetylcholinesterase in the Rostral Rhombencephalon of Heteropneustes fossilis

Anurag Tripathi^1* and Matiur Rahman²

¹Department of Zoology, Ranchi College, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 834008
²Department of Zoology, Doranda College, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 834002
^*Corresponding Author E-mail: rahulzau@rediffmail.com
Received: 9.01.2018 | Revised: 7.02.2018 | Accepted: 11.02.2018

ABSTRACT

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an enzyme belonging to hydrolase group which splits the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in to choline and acetate. It is supposed to be a marker of cholinergic and cholinoceptive neurons. In the present investigations, a modified histochemical technique to visualize acetylcholinesterase containing neurons has been employed to map the rostral rhombencephalic nuclei of Heteropneustis fossilis. Based on intensity of reaction, it is interesting to mention that in the present study, most of layers of cerebellum and nuclei of medulla oblongata showed intense activity for acetylcholinesterase.The present results have been discussed in the light of recent cytoarchitectural and hodological studies. In addition, the functional significance of the variable distribution pattern of enzyme has also been discussed.

Key words: Acetylcholinesterase, Rhombencephalic, Cerebellum, Octavolateral area

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Cite this article:

Tripathi, A. and Rahman, M., Histoenzymological Distribution of Acetylcholinesterase in the Rostral Rhombencephalon of Heteropneustes fossilis , Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 6(1): 305-312 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6157

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