RECONSTITUTION OF SPINAL CORD AFTER ABLATION IN ADULT TRITURUS
RECONSTITUTION OF SPINAL CORD AFTER ABLATION IN ADULT TRITURUS
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(67)90038-3
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
WARD, MB
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作者:
BUTLER, EG;WARD, MB
After ablation of 2-4 mm of the spinal cord in the postbrachial region of the adult Triturus viridescens and T. pyrrhogaster, the mechanics of reconstitution of the cord and the return of locomotor activities posterior to the ablation level were studied. Cinematographic records and direct observations were used. The average time for appearance of attempts to swim was 76 days post-ablation; successful swimming occurred at an average of 89 days. Normal swimming strength was never completely regained in the adult Triturus as it was in larval Ambystoma. Reconstitution of the spinal cord is initiated by healing at each transection surface followed shortly by dilation of the central canal to form an elongated terminal vesicle. Numbers of nerve fibers growing out from the wall of each terminal vesicle ultimately unit with the wall of the opposite vesicle to establish nerve fiber bridges. In many cases, fiber bridges are oriented in a direct course across the ablation gap. In other instances, 1 or more nerve fiber bridges occupy aberrent positions well outside the limits of the ablation gap and vertebral canal. Regardless of their number or positions, nerve fiber bridges eventually form functional longitudinal tracts of the reconstituted white matter of the spinal cord. Repopula-tion of the ablation gap by neurons and the consequent reconstitution of the gray matter appears to result from both cell migration and proliferation. The types of migratory activities which appear to be involved are discussed.