Quantitative studies of rat carotid body type I cell nerve endings
| Autor: | D.J. Pallot, N. Blakeman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Nerve Endings
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Carotid Body Histology Biometry Cell Rats Inbred Strains Anatomy Biology Synaptic vesicle Mitochondria Rats Microscopy Electron medicine.anatomical_structure Morphometric analysis Postsynaptic potential medicine Ultrastructure Animals Carotid body Synaptic Vesicles Type i cells Free nerve ending |
| Zdroj: | Acta anatomica. 126(4) |
| ISSN: | 0001-5180 |
| Popis: | The results of a stereological and morphometric analysis of rat carotid body type I cell nerve endings are described. 66.9% of endings possessed symmetrical junctions. Of the remaining endings, 3.6% were presynaptic and 26% were postsynaptic to type I cells; 3.6% of endings had a reciprocal configuration. Apart from membrane specialisations, no other ultrastructural criteria were found to distinguish the different types of endings. Ventilation with 100% and 10% oxygen showed that the hypoxic mixture reduced synaptic vesicle concentration in the nerve endings; this effect was independent of the innervation to the carotid body. |
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