Nuclear envelope invaginations in hamster pyramidal cells during development and aging

Abstract

Nuclear envelope invaginations were observed in pyramidal cell nuclei of the hamster frontal cortex during development and aging. These invaginations which began to appear at 10 day did not recede at maturity as has been observed in certain other cell types, but persisted in the adult hamster and during subsequent aging. Morphometric data showed a significant increase in the number of nuclear envelope invaginations and in their length per unit of the nucleus. This increase was positively correlated with age until 500 days and is suggestive of a continued high metabolic activity that did not subside following the rapid growth phase of the pyramidal neurons.