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. 1963 Jul;18(1):167-80.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.18.1.167.

The fine structure of the Purkinje cell

R M HERNDON

The fine structure of the Purkinje cell

R M HERNDON. J Cell Biol. 1963 Jul.

Abstract

This paper describes the fine structure of the Purkinje cell of the rat cerebellum after fixation by perfusion with 1 per cent buffered osmium tetroxide. Structures described include a large Golgi apparatus, abundant Nissl substance, mitochondria, multivesicular bodies, osmiophilic granules, axodendritic and axosomatic synapses, the nucleus, the nucleolus, and the nucleolar body. A new and possibly unique relationship between mitochondria and subsurface cisterns is described. Possible functional correlations are discussed.

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