Table 1.
Primary antibodies used in this study
Antiserum | Specific immunogen | Host species | Dilution | Supplier | Catalogue | Reference |
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5-HT | 5-HT coupled to bovine serum albumin with paraformaldehyde | Rabbit | 1: 2000 | ImmunoStar Inc., Hudson WI, USA | 20080 Lot 541317 | (Chen et al. 2001) |
Calretinin | Human recombinant calretinin | Goat | 1: 1000 | Swant, Bellinzona, Switzerland | CG1 Lot 1§.1 | (Sharkey et al. 1998) |
NOS | Neuronal NOS | Sheep | 1: 1000 | Gift of P. Emson, Cambridge, UK | K205 | (Williamson et al. 1996) |
TH | Native TH from rat phaeochromocytoma | Sheep | 1: 160 | Chemicon, North Ryde NSW, Australia | AB1542 Lot 25020624 | (Haycock & Waymire, 1982) |
TH | Synthetic peptides from human and mouse TH | Chicken | 1: 100 | Chemicon | AB9702 Lot 0605030481 |