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25. Incoming synapses and size of small granule-containing cells in a rat sympathetic ganglion after post-ganglionic axotomy.
A quantitative ultrastructural study has been made of the reaction of the incoming synapses of small granule-containing cells after axotomy of the major post-ganglionic branches of the superior cervical ganglion of the young adult rat. These cells are intrinsic and interneurone-like in this ganglion, receiving a preganglionic input and giving outgoing synaps
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26. Effects of axotomy or target atrophy on membrane properties of rat sympathetic ganglion cells.
1. The electrical properties of rat superior cervical ganglion cells were examined in vitro with intracellular microelectrodes after axotomy or atrophy of the submandibular salivary gland. 2. Membrane time constant, input resistance and excitatory synaptic potentials (EPSPs) were decreased to about 50% of their control values 7-10 days after axotomy. 3. Axot
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27. Neurofilament gene expression: a major determinant of axonal caliber.
Within the wide spectrum of axonal diameters occurring in mammalian nerve fibers, each class of neurons has a relatively restricted range of axonal calibers. The control of caliber has functional significance because diameter is the principal determinant of conduction velocity in myelinated nerve fibers. Previous observations support the hypothesis that neur
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28. Identification of gene expression profile of dorsal root ganglion in the rat peripheral axotomy model of neuropathic pain
Phenotypic modification of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons represents an important mechanism underlying neuropathic pain. However, the nerve injury-induced molecular changes are not fully identified. To determine the molecular alterations in a broader way, we have carried out cDNA array on the genes mainly made from the cDNA libraries of lumbar DRGs of no
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29. A serine protease inhibitor, protease nexin I, rescues motoneurons from naturally occurring and axotomy-induced cell death.
Protease nexin I (PNI) is a member of the family of serine protease inhibitors (serpins) that have been shown to promote neurite outgrowth in vitro from different neuronal cell types. These include neuroblastoma cells, hippocampal neurons, and sympathetic neurons. Free PNI protein is markedly decreased in various anatomical brain regions, including hippocamp
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30. Expression and regulation of the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor in sensory and autonomic ganglia
The Y2 subtype of neuropeptide tyrosine (NPY) receptors (Y2R) and some neuropeptides have been studied with in situ hybridization in sensory and autonomic neurons of rat and monkey. Between 10% and 20% of the lumbar dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron profiles (NPs) contain Y2R mRNA in the rat and monkey. In rat DRGs Y2R mRNA is expressed in calcitonin gene-re
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31. The transneuronal induction of sprouting and synapse formation in intact mouse muscles.
The pattern of innervation to intact peroneal and extensor digitorum longus muscles of normal and experimental young adult mice was studied by light microscopy after staining neuromuscular junctions by a combined silver-cholinesterase stain. Spontaneous sprouting and synapse formation occur in intact muscles of normal mice. In about 7% of the junctions, spro
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32. Cholinesterase activity in the hypoglossal nucleus of the rat and the changes produced by axotomy: a light and electron microscopic study.
Within the hypoglossal nucleus large amounts of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity are present in all the neurons, whereas intracellular butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activity occurs only within a ventro-caudally situated cluster of cells. AChE activity within the neurons occurs mainly in the cisternae of the granular endoplasmic reticulum but there is som
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33. Sodium-dependent regenerative responses in dendrites of axotomized motoneurons in the cat.
Ten days after extradural axotomy, partial spikes are found in greater than 20% of cat L7 motoneurons, while 15-21 days after axotomy the incidence increases to 60%. These responses are produced in excitable (hot) spots in the dendrites by synaptic excitation. Intracellular injection of QX-314, a lidocaine derivative and effective blocker of Na+ channels fro
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34. Light and electron microscopic studies on the intrinsic innervation of the guinea-pig seminal vesicle following selective axotomy.
Selected peripheral autonomic nerves have been surgically divided or removed and the seminal vesicles subsequently examined using neurohistochemical and electron microscopic techniques. Following bilateral hypogastric anf pelvic nerve transection, the arrangement and distribution of intramural axons 14 days after operation were similar to those in control sp
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35. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates expression of androgen receptors in perineal motoneurons
Motoneurons in the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) express androgen receptors and innervate striated muscles attached to the penis. Previous studies indicated that androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the SNB motoneurons decreases after axotomy and returns to normal only in motoneurons allowed to reinnervate their muscle targets, suggesting that
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36. Marked increase in nitric oxide synthase mRNA in rat dorsal root ganglia after peripheral axotomy: in situ hybridization and functional studies.
Using in situ hybridization, we studied nitric oxide (NO) synthase (EC 1.14.23.-) mRNA in lumbar dorsal root ganglia after peripheral transection of the sciatic nerve in rats. The effect of the NO synthase inhibitor N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester on the nociceptive flexor reflex was also studied in axotomized rats. Nerve section induced a dramatic inc