Review Article

VGLUTs in Peripheral Neurons and the Spinal Cord: Time for a Review

Table 2

Percentage of colorectal or urinary bladder DRG neurons expressing VGLUTs protein.

Target organDRG levelVGLUT1VGLUT2VGLUT3

ColorectumThoracolumbar~15% [61]~98% [61]~17%*
Lumbosacral~8% [61]~97% [61]~4%*
Urinary bladderThoracolumbar~39% [62]~94% [62]~28% [62]
Lumbosacral~26% [62]~94% [62]~8% [62]

Unpublished data; tissue has been processed and NPs quantified according to references [54, 60ā€“62].