Abstract
γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)-like immunoreactive (IR) neurons in the retina of the cane toad Bufo marinus were revealed using immunohistochemistry on retinal wholemount preparation and sectioned material. GABA-IR neurons included horizontal, bipolar and amacrine cells in the inner nuclear layer and small to medium sized cells in the ganglion cell layer. A few IR axons were seen in the optic fiber layer of the retina. Following the injection of the carbocyanine dye, DiI into the optic tectum ganglion cells were retrogradely filled. A small population of DiI-filled ganglion cells (2.8%) was found to be GABA-IR. GABA-IR neurons in the ganglion cell layer without DiI label were considered to be displaced amacrine cells of which 45.3% were GABA positive. It is proposed that GABA-containing ganglion cells may form an inhibitory projection to visual centers of the anuran brain.
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