ISSN:
1432-1106
Keywords:
Neonatal hemicerebellectomy
;
Cerebellothalamic neurons
;
Axonal sprouting
;
Kittens
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Changes in cerebellothalamic projections in kittens after neonatal hemicerebellectomy were studied by the retrograde and anterograde horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-tract-tracing methods. The number of cerebellar nuclear neurons labeled retrogradely with HRP injected into the ipsilateral VA-VL complex of the thalamus was much more numerous in neonatally hemicerebellectomized kittens than in intact kittens. Presumed terminals of ipsilateral cerebellothalamic fibers labeled anterogradely with HRP injected into the cerebellar nuclei were also distributed more densely and extensively in the thalamic areas, especially in the VA-VL complex, of hemicerebellectomized kittens than in the thalamic areas of the control kittens. These results are in good accordance with those obtained from the previous electrophysiological study (Kawaguchi et al., 1979) and offer corroborating evidence for axonal sprouting of cerebellothalamic neurons after neonatal hemicerebellectomy.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00236768
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