NUCLEAR PATTERNS OF APOPTOTIC AND DEVELOPING NEURONS OF SUPERIOR CERVICAL-GANGLION OF NEWBORN RAT

被引:13
作者
DIANA, A
SETZU, M
SIRIGU, S
DIAZ, G
机构
[1] Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari
关键词
NEURON DEATH; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; APOPTOSIS; RAT; DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1016/0736-5748(93)90066-M
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons of female rats aged 3, 5 and 7 days revealed conspicuous nuclear changes in neurons undergoing postnatal cell death. Several qualitative and quantitative data such as nuclear size and shape, the presence of atypical chromocenters and chromatin textural features discriminated well neurons candidate to degeneration and those advancing in the direction of adult maturation. At least on morphological grounds, postnatal death of SCG neurons appears to be of apoptotic type. The sequence of nuclear events observed enables the recognition of the early stages of involution which prelude neuron degeneration.
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