ROHON-BEARD CELLS IN FROG DEVELOPMENT - A STUDY OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES IN A TRANSIENT CELL-POPULATION
ROHON-BEARD CELLS IN FROG DEVELOPMENT - A STUDY OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES IN A TRANSIENT CELL-POPULATION
复制标题
DOI:
10.1002/cne.902030110
复制
发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
PORTER, RA
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
EICHLER, VB;PORTER, RA
The spatial distribution and temporal disappearance of Rohon-Beard cells in the spinal cords of larval and newly metamorphosed R. pipiens were studied histologically to provide a basis for further research dealing with this particular cell type. A maximum number of .apprx. 250 Rohon-Beard neurons have differentiated within the spinal cord of R. pipiens by larval stage I. The majority of these cells are located in the cephalic end of the spinal cord, with a large number found near the boundary of the anterior quarter and the 2nd quarter of the spinal cord. Fewer cells are found in the 3rd and 4th quarters. There is a gradual degeneration of these cells during larval life so that by stage XXV, which is the completion of the metamorphic climax, there are no normally appearing Rohn-Beard cells present. Degeneration of the Rohon-Beard cells does not progress cephalo-caudally with development, but rather there appears to be a nearly equal proportional loss of Rohon-Beard cells in each quarter of the spinal cord at each of the stages studied. All Rohon-Beard cells present during larval development of R. pipiens are located in a dorsal position, close to the midline. At all ages and in each quarter of the spinal cord there are no significant bilateral differences in number of these cells.