Ganglion Cells In Rats Research Articles

Growth of processes from single isolated dorsal root ganglion cells of young rats.

CAVANAGH1, using the technique described by Nakai2, has filmed the growth of isolated cells from chick-embryo dorsal root ganglia. By the application of a similar technique, growth of new processes has been shown in isolated cells from dorsal root ganglia of new-born rats up to 7 days old. The Wag-strain rats were decapitated, the spinal cord separated, and the ganglia teased out with needles under microscopic vision. The ganglia were torn open to release a large number of cells into the culture Medium 199 (ref. 3) in well slides. The slides were covered with cover-slips, sealed with petroleum jelly, and incubated at 37° C, They were examined and photographed under phase-contrast microscopy immediately on incubation (20 preparations), and then three times a week; in this series, cultures from 15 young rats, and 11 adult rats, were observed between 7 and 14 days after the beginning of incubation. No processes were visible in the freshly incubated cells, nor were they in the cells from the adult ganglia (Fig. 1). However, in 13 out of 15 preparations of cells from young rats, straight or angular processes of length equivalent to from one-quarter to two times the cell body diameter could be seen in about a quarter to a third of the cells in each preparation (Fig. 2). Growth cones could sometimes be seen either at the tips of the processes or where they changed direction.

Dendritic fields of retinal ganglion cells of the rat.

ArticlesDENDRITIC FIELDS OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS OF THE RATJoel E. BrownJoel E. BrownPublished Online:01 Nov 1965https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1965.28.6.1091MoreSectionsPDF (1 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailWeChat Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformationCited ByExperimentally derived model shows that adaptation acts as a powerful spatiotemporal filter of visual responses in the rat collicular neurons12 June 2018 | Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, No. 1Categorization of Physiologically and Morphologically Characterized non-α/non-β Cat Retinal Ganglion Cells Using Fractal GeometryFractals, Vol. 05, No. 04Intravitreal injections of neurotrophic factors support the survival of axotomized retinal ganglion cells in adult rats in vivoBrain Research, Vol. 602, No. 2Contrast sensitivity and visual acuity of the pigmented rat determined electrophysiologicallyVision Research, Vol. 27, No. 10Staining of retinal neurons in the isolated eyecup by extracellular horseradish peroxidase injectionVision Research, Vol. 26, No. 2Responses to light of retinal neurons regenerating axons into peripheral nerve grafts in the ratBrain Research, Vol. 359, No. 1-2A monoclonal antibody specific for retinal ganglion cells of mammalsBrain Research, Vol. 338, No. 2Chapter 2 The ganglion cell layer of the mammalian retinaProgress in Retinal Research, Vol. 1Determination of the developmental pattern of retinal ganglion cells in chick embryos by golgi impregnation and other methodsAnatomy and Embryology, Vol. 158, No. 3Properties of cells responding to visual stimuli in the rat ventral lateral geniculate nucleusExperimental Neurology, Vol. 66, No. 3Growth of the adult goldfish eye—I: OpticsVision Research, Vol. 17, No. 3Ramification patterns of ganglion cell dendrites in the retina of the albino ratBrain Research, Vol. 103, No. 1Classification of frog retina neurons by their quantitative characteristicsVision Research, Vol. 14, No. 12Retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase by ganglion cells of the albino rat retinaBrain Research, Vol. 73, No. 2Flash-evoked responses of two types of principal cells of the rat lateral geniculate bodyBrain Research, Vol. 57, No. 1Effect of visual deprivation and light on synapses of the inner plexiform layerExperimental Neurology, Vol. 35, No. 3Ganglion, amacrine and horizontal cells of the cat's retinaVision Research, Vol. 7, No. 9-10 More from this issue > Volume 28Issue 6November 1965Pages 1091-1100 https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1965.28.6.1091PubMed5883733History Published online 1 November 1965 Published in print 1 November 1965 Metrics

On the topographical differences in the localization of certain enzymes in trigeminal ganglion cells of rat.

Es wird uber die topographische Verschiedenheit der Verbreitung diverser Enzyme in den Trigeminus-Ganglien von Ratten berichtet. Die Bedeutung der peripheren Verteilung von alkalischer Phosphatase und adenosiner Triphosphatase, der perinuklearen und allgemeinen Verteilung von Cytochrom-Oxydase, Succinodehydrase und saurer Phosphotase in den Neuronen wird besprochen, ebenfalls die Verteilung spezifisch cholinesterase-positiver Zellen und die cyclische Verteilung von 5-Nukleotidase in einigen Zellen.

Histochemical studies on the distribution of beta-glucuronidase and succinic dehydrogenase in young and old spinal ganglion cells of the rat.

The present study compares the distribution of β-glucuronidase and succinic dehydrogenase in “young” and “old” spinal ganglion cells of rat. In “young” cells there are indications of cyclic activity of these enzymes, i.e., in some stages there are perinuclear concentrations of the enzymes, at other times β-glucuronidase and succinic dehydrogenase are uniformly distributed throughout the cytoplasm. These stages have been discussed with the identical distribution of mitochondria. However, in “old” spinal ganglion cells both β-glucuronidase and succinic dehydrogenase become mainly concentrated in the pigment areas, suggesting thereby their possible role in the production of pigment, through the medium of the mitochondria.