Laminar Distributions of Choline Acetyltransferase and Acetylcholinesterase Activities in the Inner Plexiform Layer of Rat Retina

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<jats:p><jats:bold>Abstract: </jats:bold> Choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase activities were measured in samples taken at 7‐μm increments through the inner plexiform layer of rat retina. These enzyme activities were not uniformly distributed through the depth of the inner plexiform layer. Peaks of choline acetyltransferase activity occurred at about onethird and peaks of acetylcholinesterase activity at about one‐fifth of the depth into the inner plexiform layer from either side. The positions of the two peaks of choline acetyltransferase activity most likely correspond to the locations of processes from cholinergic amacrine somata in the inner nuclear layer, which spread in sublamina a, and processes from cholinergic amacrine somata “displaced’ in the ganglion cell layer which spread in sublamina b of the inner plexiform layer. The peaks of acetylcholinesterase activity may in addition correspond to the processes of cholinoceptive amacrine and ganglion cells. The magnitudes of choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase activities are as high as found anywhere in rat brain, emphasizing the important role of cholinergic mechanisms in visual processing through the rat inner plexiform layer.</jats:p>

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