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  • 1
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    The volume of Purkinje cells decreases in the cerebellum of acrylamide — intoxicated rats, but no cells are lost (1994)
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    Acta neuropathologica 88 (1994), S. 307-312 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Acrylamide ; Cerebellum ; Neuronal volume ; Neuronal number ; Stereology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effects of acrylamide intoxication on the numbers of granule and Purkinje cells and the volume of Purkinje cell perikarya have been evaluated with stereological methods. The analysis was carried out in the cerebella of rats that had received a dose of 33.3 mg/kg acrylamide, twice a week, for 7.5 weeks. The total numbers of cerebellar granule and Purkinje cells were estimated using the optical fractionator and the mean volume of the Purkinje cell perikarya was estimated with the vertical rotator technique. The volumes of the molecular layer, the granular cell layer and the white matter were estimated using the Cavalierí principle. The mean weight of the cerebellum of the intoxicated rats was 7% lower than that of the controls rats (2P=0.001). The numbers of the Purkinje cells and granule cells were the same in both groups, but the mean volume of the perikarya of the Purkinje cells in the intoxicated rats was 10.5% less than that of the control group (2P=0.004). The volume of the granular cell layer was reduced by 15% (2P=0.006) but there were no differences in the volumes of the molecular layer and the white matter in the intoxicated and control animals.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00310374
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    Anterograde Components of Axonal Transport in Motor and Sensory Nerves in Experimental 2,5-Hexanedione Neuropathy (1986)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 47 (1986), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Anterograde slow and fast axonal transport was examined in rats intoxicated with 2,5-hexanedione (1 g/kg/week) for 8 weeks. Distribution of radioactivity was measured in 3-mm segments of the sciatic nerve after labelling of proteins with [35H]methionine or [3H]Ieucine and glycoproteins with [3H]fucose. The axonal transport of the anterograde slow components was examined after 25 (SCa) and 10 days (SCb), in motor and sensory nerves. SCa showed an increased transport velocity in motor (1.25 ± 0.08 mm/day versus 1.01 ± 0.05 mm/day) and in sensory nerves (1.21 ± 0.13 mm/day versus 1.06 ± 0.07 mm/day). The relative amount of labelled protein in the SCa wave in both fiber systems was also increased. SCb showed unchanged transport velocity in motor as well as in sensory nerves, whereas the amount of label was decreased in the motor system. Anterograde fast transport in motor nerves was examined after intervals of 3 and 5 h, whereas intervals of 2 and 4 h were used for sensory nerves. Velocities and amounts of labelled proteins of the anterograde fast component remained normal. We suggest that the increase in protein transport in SCa reflects axonal regeneration.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1986.tb02827.x
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    Structural preservation of cerebellar granule cells following neurointoxication with methyl mercury: a stereological study of the rat cerebellum (1995)
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    Acta neuropathologica 90 (1995), S. 251-256 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Cerebellum ; Neuronal volume ; Methyl ; mercury ; Neuronal number ; Stereology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Methyl mercury intoxication causes ataxia. Structural changes of cerebellar and peripheral nerve tissues have been described. However, it is still unclear whether the ataxia is of cerebellar or peripheral origin. To clarify this question further, the effects of methyl mercury intoxication on the numbers of granule and Purkinje cells and the volume of Purkinje cell perikarya have been evaluated with stereological methods. Rats were intoxicated with methyl mercury, at a dose of 2 mg/kg per day for 19 successive days, and the analysis was carried out 2.5 or 4.5 weeks later. The total numbers of cerebellar granule cells and Purkinje cells were estimated using an optical fractionator and the mean volume of the Purkinje cells was estimated by the vertical rotator technique. The volumes of the granular cell layer, the molecular layer and the white matter were estimated using the Cavalieri principle. The intoxicated animals developed hindlimb incoordination when held by the tail. Although pronounced axonal degeneration occurred in the peripheral nervous system, no changes were found in cerebellar cell numbers or cell sizes in either of the test groups. The absence of detectable light microscopic changes in the cerebellum indicates that the peripheral nervous system is affected prior to the cerebellum in rats intoxicated with organic mercury.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00296508
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    Structural preservation of cerebellar granule cells following neurointoxication with methyl mercury: a stereological study of the rat cerebellum (1995)
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    Acta neuropathologica 90 (1995), S. 251-256 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Cerebellum ; Neuronal volume ; Methyl mercury ; Neuronal number ; Stereology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Methyl mercury intoxication causes ataxia. Structural changes of cerebellar and peripheral nerve tissues have been described. However, it is still unclear whether the ataxia is of cerebellar or peripheral origin. To clarify this question further, the effects of methyl mercury intoxication on the numbers of granule and Purkinje cells and the volume of Purkinje cell perikarya have been evaluated with stereological methods. Rats were intoxicated with methyl mercury, at a dose of 2 mg/kg per day for 19 successive days, and the analysis was carried out 2.5 or 4.5 weeks later. The total numbers of cerebellar granule cells and Purkinje cells were estimated using an optical fractionator and the mean volume of the Purkinje cells was estimated by the vertical rotator technique. The volumes of the granular cell layer, the molecular layer and the white matter were estimated using the Cavalieri principle. The intoxicated animals developed hindlimb incoordination when held by the tail. Although pronounced axonal degeneration occurred in the peripheral nervous system, no changes were found in cerebellar cell numbers or cell sizes in either of the test groups. The absence of detectable light microscopic changes in the cerebellum indicates that the peripheral nervous system is affected prior to the cerebellum in rats intoxicated with organic mercury.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00296508
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    Redistribution of axoplasm in the motor root in experimental diabetes (1996)
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    Acta neuropathologica 92 (1996), S. 98-101 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Diabetic neuropathies ; Motor root ; Streptozocin ; Morphometry ; Axon
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Early experimental diabetes is associated with a reduction in axonal caliber. To elucidate the changes of nerve caliber further, we investigated the proximal and distal regions of the anterior root of rats after 5 weeks of streptozocin-induced diabetes. After vascular perfusion fixation, the fifth lumbar motor root was excised and two 3-mm segments were isolated, one at the level of the spinal cord and one at the dorsal root ganglion. The areas of myelinated fibers and their axons were measured by point counting. Axons from diabetic mice were enlarged proximally as compared to the controls, and reduced distally. It has been hypothesized that the reduction in axonal caliber is caused by an impairment of axonal transport of structural proteins rather than by osmotic shrinkage. Our findings indicate a redistribution of axoplasm in the nerves of the diabetic mice and support the hypothesis that changes in the axonal transport of neurofilaments are responsible for the structural changes seen in early diabetes. Similar changes could also play a role in the development of neuropathy in man.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004010050494
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    Selective degeneration of dorsal root ganglia and dorsal nerve roots in methyl mercury-intoxicated rats: a stereological study (1998)
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    Acta neuropathologica 96 (1998), S. 191-201 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Dorsal root ganglion ; Nerve roots ; Methyl ; mercury ; Stereology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The components of the nervous system of rats that are most critically affected by methyl mercury are still a matter of debate. A recent stereological study of rats with typical symptoms resulting from methyl mercury intoxication demonstrated that the morphology of cerebellar granule cells and Purkinje cells were unchanged at the light microscopic level, even though there was pronounced degeneration of myelinated axons in dorsal nerve root nerves. In the present study, unbiased stereological methods were used to quantify morphological changes in the dorsal root ganglion, and dorsal and ventral nerve roots of the rats used in the previous study. The rats were treated with methyl mercury (2 mg daily/kg, per os) for a 19-day period that was followed by a 32-day period without treatment. The means of the total numbers of A-cell and B-cell perikarya in the dorsal root ganglion of the intoxicated rats were reduced by 60% and 24%, respectively. The mean volume of A-cell perikarya in rats of the experimental group was reduced by 22%, whereas the mean volume of B-cell perikarya was the same in the two groups. In the experimental group, the total number of myelinated axons in the dorsal nerve roots was reduced by 60%, whereas no difference was found in the ventral nerve roots. The areas of axon and myelin sheath, dorsal and ventral nerve roots were not affected. This study demonstrates that extensive loss of dorsal root ganglion cells and myelinated axons in dorsal nerve roots precedes light microscopical changes in the ventral nerve roots and the cerebellum of rats intoxicated with methyl mercury.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004010050881
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    Effect of chronic lithium treatment with or without haloperidol on number and sizes of neurons in rat neocortex (1994)
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    Psychopharmacology 115 (1994), S. 371-374 
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    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Lithium ; Haloperidol ; Neocortex ; Rats ; Stereology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The present study used stereological methods to determine whether long-term administration of lithium, with or without haloperidol, affects the number and average volume of neocortical neurons. Twenty-five rats were divided into three groups and given no treatment, lithium, or lithium combined with haloperidol. Serum lithium levels ranged from 0.5 to 0.8 mmol/l. Haloperidol was injected intraperitoneally at a daily dose of 1 mg/kg. After 30 weeks of treatment, the animals were killed and the brains were prepared. Neocortical volume, density of neurons, total number of neurons and mean volume of neurons were estimated. As no differences were found between the groups, the present study provides no evidence for quantitative morphological changes in the cerebral cortex due to long-term ‘therapeutic’ levels of lithium, with or without haloperidol.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02245079
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    The volume of Purkinje cells decreases in the cerebellum of acrylamide – intoxicated rats, but no cells are lost (1994)
    Springer
    Acta neuropathologica 88 (1994), S. 307-312 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Acrylamide ; Cerebellum ; Neuronal volume ; Neuronal number ; Stereology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effects of acrylamide intoxication on the numbers of granule and Purkinje cells and the volume of Purkinje cell perikarya have been evaluated with stereological methods. The analysis was carried out in the cerebella of rats that had received a dose of 33.3 mg/kg acrylamide, twice a week, for 7.5 weeks. The total numbers of cerebellar granule and Purkinje cells were estimated using the optical fractionator and the mean volume of the Purkinje cell perikarya was estimated with the vertical rotator technique. The volumes of the molecular layer, the granular cell layer and the white matter were estimated using the Cavalieri principle. The mean weight of the cerebellum of the intoxicated rats was 7   % lower than that of the controls rats (2P = 0.001). The numbers of the Purkinje cells and granule cells were the same in both groups, but the mean volume of the perikarya of the Purkinje cells in the intoxicated rats was 10.5   % less than that of the control group (2P = 0.004). The volume of the granular cell layer was reduced by 15   % (2P = 0.006) but there were no differences in the volumes of the molecular layer and the white matter in the intoxicated and control animals.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00310374
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    Stereological estimates of nuclear volume and other quantitative variables in supratentorial brain tumors Practical technique and use in prognostic evaluation (1991)
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    Journal of neuro-oncology 10 (1991), S. 253-262 
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    ISSN: 1573-7373
    Keywords: astrocytoma ; glioblastoma ; malignancy grading ; morphometry ; prognosis ; stereology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The use of morphometry and modern stereology in malignancy grading of brain tumors is only poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to present these quantitative methods. A retrospective feasibility study of 46 patients with supratentorial brain tumors was carried out to demonstrate the practical technique. The continuous variables were correlated with the subjective, qualitative WHO classification of brain tumors, and the prognostic value of the parameters was assessed. Well differentiated astrocytomas (n = 14) had smaller estimates of the volume-weighted mean nuclear volume and mean nuclear profile area, than those of anaplastic astrocytomas (n = 13)(2p = 3.1 · 10−3 and 2p = 4.8 · 10−3, respectively). No differences were seen between the latter type of tumor and glioblastomas (n = 19). The nuclear index was of the same magnitude in all three tumor types, whereas the mitotic index was significantly increased in glioblastomas (2p = 0.01). Three-dimensional, shape-independent estimates of macroscopical tumor volume were not different in anaplastic astrocytomas and glioblastomas (2p = 0.39). Histological type of tumor and mitotic index were of significant prognostic value (2p = 8.2 · 10−6 and 2p ≈ 0.05, respectively). Age above the median and short duration of symptoms were significantly associated with short survival (2p = 0.01). Further investigations of larger series of patients are needed to define the clinical usefulness of these objective, reproducible, and quantitative techniques in the prognostic evaluation of primary brain tumors.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00177538
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    Number and volume of rat dorsal root ganglion cells in acrylamide intoxication (1994)
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    Journal of neurocytology 23 (1994), S. 242-248 
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    ISSN: 1573-7381
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Acrylamide intoxication induces a filamentous neuropathy with breakdown of distal axons and chromatolytic reaction of dorsal root ganglion cells. To obtain quantitative information about the perikaryal alterations neurons of the fifth lumbar dorsal root ganglion of rats were examined with stereological techniques following intoxication with a total dose of 500 mg acrylamide. Number, mean volume and distribution of neuron volume were estimated for each of the two cell subpopulations using optical disectors, the four-way-nucleator and systematic sampling techniques. In intoxicated rats perikaryal volume of A-cells was significantly reduced by 28%, from 63 200 μm3 (CV=0.16) to 45 500 μm3 (CV=0.19), whereas the volume of B-cells was unchanged. Numbers of A- and B-cells were preserved. The finding of a selective atrophy of A-cell perikaryal volume is in accordance with previous observations of predominant alterations of large myelinated sensory fibres and most likely reflects an attack on the perikaryal neurofilaments abundant in this cell type.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01275528
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