EFFECTS OF LOW-LEVEL X-IRRADIATION ON CAT CEREBELLA AT DIFFERENT POSTNATAL INTERVALS .2. CHANGES IN PURKINJE-CELL MORPHOLOGY
EFFECTS OF LOW-LEVEL X-IRRADIATION ON CAT CEREBELLA AT DIFFERENT POSTNATAL INTERVALS .2. CHANGES IN PURKINJE-CELL MORPHOLOGY
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.901710104
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
STROMBERG, MW
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作者:
ANDERSON, WJ;STROMBERG, MW
The whole-head of infant kittens was irradiated with fractionated doses of 150 R and 200 R at different postnatal intervals. Experimental age conditions consisted of an irradiated newborn, 1-wk, 2-wk, 3-wk and a 4-wk age condition while the age of sacrifice remained constant at 70 days. The molecular layer thickness was reduced by 47% in the newborn, 40% in the 1-wk group, 17% in the 2-wk group, 19% in the 3-wk group and by 9% in the 4-wk group. An evaluation of Golgi impregnated material revealed that the dendritic arborizations of Purkinje cells were consistently reduced the earlier the age at which radiation was begun. A reduction in spiny branchlets was seen in all of the experimental conditions. All experimental age conditions displayed the phenomenon of dendritic damming at the pial surface, which consisted of an excessive crowding of spiny branches at this level. An increased growth of the primary dendrite before branching took place was seen in the newborn and 1-wk group. This became less but was still significant in the 2-wk group. A correlation of this phenomenon with the presence or lack of stellate cells is discussed. Purkinje cells with 2 or more dendrites emerging from their soma were classified and analyzed separately. The primary dendritic branching in these cells often followed separate morphological patterns and appeared independent of each other. Climbing fibers conformed to the abnormal dendritic arborizations of the Purkinje cells, and were reduced in complexity in the early radiation treatment groups. Climbing fibers had no influence upon the dendritic growth pattern, but instead were under the influence of the Purkinje cell dendritic growth.