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. 1985;301(3):83-8.

[Morphological changes of the terminations of afferent pathways in a neurodegenerative lesion induced by kainic acid]

[Article in French]
M Peschanski, J P Poingt, F Roudier, J M Besson
  • PMID: 3930010

[Morphological changes of the terminations of afferent pathways in a neurodegenerative lesion induced by kainic acid]

[Article in French]
M Peschanski et al. C R Acad Sci III. 1985.

Abstract

30 days after kainic acid injection into the rat ventrobasal thalamus, lemniscal afferents were labeled using wheat-germ agglutinin conjugated to HRP. They appeared considerably swollen in the area where neuronal post-synaptic targets had been eliminated. Electron microscopic analysis of the lesioned tissue revealed the presence of large profiles containing numerous organelles, particularly smooth endoplasmic reticulum, and giving rise to thin excrescences filled with neurofilaments. Since these morphological features are typical of regenerating "growth cones", we conclude that afferent terminals deprived of their post-synaptic targets undergo morphological changes preparing them for new synapses.

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