Table 1.
Source and Concentration of the Primary Antibodies
| Antibody | Host | Dilution | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calretinin | Rabbit | 1:1000 | SWant, Bellinzona, Switzerland |
| Calretinin | Goat | 1:1000 | SWant |
| Calbindin | Rabbit | 1:1000 | SWant |
| Protein gene product (PGP) 9.5 | Rabbit | 1:100 | Biotrend, Cologne, Germany |
| Neurofilament 200 | Rabbit | 1:400 | Biotrend |
| Pan neurofilament | Mouse | 1:200 | Zymed, San Francisco, CA |
| NCAM (140 kDa, 180 kDa, 120 kDa) | Mouse | 1:50 | Serotec, Oxford, UK |
| NCAM (180 kDa) | Mouse | 1:50 | Melitta Schachner, Hamburg |
| Synaptophysin | Mouse | 1:20 | Dako, Glostrup, Denmark |
| Tyrosine hydroxylase | Rabbit | 1:40 | Chemicon, Hofheim, Germany |
| Neuropeptide Y | Rat | 1:1000 | Biotrend |
| Substance P | Rabbit | 1:200 | Peninsula Laboratories, San Carlos, CA |
| VAChT | Goat | 1:1000 | Bioscience, Heidelberg, Germany |
| nNOS | Rabbit | 1:1000 | Bernd Mayer, Graz, Austria |
| α-Smooth muscle (SM) actin | Mouse | 1:300 | Sigma, St. Louis, MO |
NCAM, neural cell adhesion molecule; VACht, vesicular acetylcholine transporter; nNOS, neuronal nitric oxide synthase.