Morphofunctional characteristics of the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord in rats.

Autor: Gilerovich, E. G., Moshonkina, T. R., Fedorova, E. A., Shishko, T. T., Pavlova, N. V., Gerasimenko, Yu. P., Otellin, V. A.
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Zdroj: Neuroscience & Behavioral Physiology; Oct2008, Vol. 38 Issue 8, p855-860, 6p, 6 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram
Abstrakt: The topography of the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord in rats was studied; an immunohistochemical method was used to determine the distribution of synaptophysin — a membrane protein of synaptic vesicles. Synaptophysin-immunoreactive structures were detected in the gray matter of all Rexed laminae, around most neurons and in the neuropil. Previously undescribed subpial synaptic contacts were detected immunohistochemically in the white matter and confirmed by electron microscopy. A non-myelinated component of the corticospinal tract, including axonal varicosities and synaptic contacts, was observed in the dorsal part of the white matter of the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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