Mitochondrial accumulations in nerve fibres of human sympathetic ganglia |
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Authors: | Dr Pauli Helén Rainer Zeitlin Antti Hervonen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, Box 607, 10 Tampere, Finland |
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Abstract: | Summary The fine structure of mitochondrial accumulations in axonal swellings of human sympathetic ganglia is described. A typical swelling contained, in addition to regularly organized mitochondria, bundles of neurofilaments and vesicles as well as large dense-cored vesicles and myelin figures. Synaptic contacts between axonal swellings with mitochondrial accumulations and ganglion cells were not found.A three-dimensional model of the mitochondrial accumulation based on serial sectioning is presented. The possible degenerative and regenerative features of these accumulations are discussed. It is possible that mitochondrial accumulations are functionally active energy producers rather than results of degenerative processes. |
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Keywords: | Mitochondrial accumulations Sympathetic ganglion Human |
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