ISSN:
1432-1106
Keywords:
Electron microscopy
;
Spinal cord
;
Neurone
;
Synapse
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Quantitative electron microscopical observations have been made on the afferent synaptology of neurones in laminae V and VII of the cervical spinal cord of the cat. Both laminae contain large bouton-covered polydendritic neurones of the type seen in the brainstem reticular formation. Each lamina contains two other categories of neurone. One of these, in lamina V, is peculiar in having a very high proportion of afferent boutons filled with dense-core vesicles; similar neurones exist in lamina VII, but their presynaptic afferents do not contain unusual quantities of dense-core vesicles. The third type of neurone in laminae V and VII seems to be identical with an oligodendritic neurone type found in the brainstem reticular formation and parafascicular-centromedian complex.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00234493
