Quantitative parameters of synaptic apparatus in the ventral nucleus of the medial geniculate body of the cat |
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Authors: | F N Serkov Yu A Gonchar |
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Institution: | (1) Bogomolets Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | The synaptic apparatus in the ventral nucleus of the medial geniculate body (MGBv) of the cat was examined using electron microscopy and stereological methods, which made it possible to measure the synaptic density. Within 7015 µm2 of examined sections, 1586 presynaptic terminal (PST) profiles were found, which corresponds to 226.0·103 PST per 1 mm2 of section surface. The PSP were classified into five groups:RL,RS,F,P, andUT, in accordance with their ultrastructural pattern (dimension of PST profile, dimension and shape of synaptic vesicles, and type of synaptic contact, SC) 18–22]. On the above surface, there were 1012 SC formed by PST of different groups, which corresponds to 144.0·103 SC per 1 mm2 of section surface. TheRL-,RS-,F-,P-, andUT-type PST formed 14.8%, 50.1%, 13.1%, 16.8%, and 5.2% of analyzed SC, respectively. The calculated mean SC numerical density equalled (260.8±54.8)·106 SC per 1 mm3 of fixed MGBv tissue. Among them, 40.2·106 (15.4%) belonged toRL-PST, i.e., to axonal terminals of thecolliculus inferior neurons; 130.2·106 (49.9%) toRS-PST, i.e., mostly to axonal terminals of the auditory cortex neurons; and 33.9·106 (13.0%) toF-PST, i.e., to axons of the GABA-ergic interneurons and neurons of the perigeniculate division of the reticular thalamic nucleus. Group-P PST, i.e., terminal structures of the dendritic arborizations of interneurons, formed 42.7·106 (16.4%) SC per 1 mm3, and 13.8·106 (5.3%) SC belonged toUT-PST, i.e., to terminals of unidentified nature. Among 260.8·106 SC in 1 mm3 of tissue, only 23.8·106 (9% of total number)RL-SC, localized on the relay neurons, are directly involved in the MGBv relay function. All other SC transmit control influences from various structures of the nervous system, and provide adjustment of relay function to the constantly changing environmental conditions and varying status of an orgamism. The mean number of SC, localized on an averaged MGBv relay neuron, was calculated as 9100. Among them, about 1200 SC belong toRL-PST, 5200 SC toRS-PST, 1200 SC toF-PST, 1100 SC toP-PST, and 400 SC toUT-PST.Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 208–219, May–June, 1995. |
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