ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS OF NONSELECTIVE EFFECTS OF RICIN TREATMENT (RCA-120) IN THE RAT DORSAL-ROOT GANGLION

被引:7
作者
RIVEROMELIAN, C
ARVIDSSON, J
机构
[1] Department of Anatomy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
关键词
Non-selective degeneration; RCA-120; Spinal ganglion;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(90)90561-O
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The effects of ricin (RCA-120) on non-injected dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells, sharing the same DRG as the injected ones, were studied after ricin injections into the tibial nerve and B-HRP injections into the peroneal nerve. Numerous DRG cells containing B-HRP reaction product and exhibiting signs of advanced degeneration were observed. The findings suggest that ricin may be released from dying injected DRG neurons and taken up by adjacent non-injected DRG cells, which subsequently degenerate. © 1990.
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