Microtubule fascicles in the stem processes of cultured sensory ganglion cells |
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Authors: | Dr. Margaret M. Bird A. R. Lieberman |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Anatomy, University College London, UK;(2) Department of Anatomy, London Hospital Medical College, Turner Street, E1 2AD London, England |
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Abstract: | Summary Microtubule fascicles, resembling those characterizing the initial segment of multipolar neurons, have been observed by electron microscopy within and close to the origin of the stem process of some unipolar ganglion cells in explant cultures of embryonic chick dorsal root ganglia. Each fascicle comprised 2–6 closely spaced parallel microtubules linked by electron dense cross-bridges. Since similar observations have been made on stem processes in vivo, the possibility that linked microtubules occur commonly in this site is considered. The observations are discussed in relation to a possible correlation between the presence of microtubule fascicles and the initiation of action potentials.We thank Messrs. S. Waterman, P. Felton and D. Fraser for technical assistance and Prof. D.W. James for laboratory facilities |
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Keywords: | Dorsal root ganglia Tissue culture Microtubules Axons |
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