Optical determination of impulse conduction velocity during development of embryonic chick cervical vagus nerve bundles.
Optical determination of impulse conduction velocity during development of embryonic chick cervical vagus nerve bundles.
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胚胎鸡颈迷走神经束发育过程中脉冲传导速度的光学测定。
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发表时间:
1991
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通讯作者:
K. Kamino
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作者:
T. Sakai;H. Komuro;Y. Katoh;H. Sasaki;Y. Momose;K. Kamino
1. Employing an optical method for multiple‐site simultaneous recording of electrical activity, we have determined the conduction velocity in cervical vagus nerve bundles isolated from 5‐ to 21‐day‐old chick embryos, and investigated its developmental changes. 2. The preparations were stained with a voltage‐sensitive merocyanine‐rhodanine dye (NK2761), and action potential‐ (impulse‐) related optical signals were elicited by brief stimuli applied to the end of the vagus nerve bundle with a suction electrode. Optical signals were recorded simultaneously from many contiguous regions using a 12 x 12‐element photodiode array. 3. The optical signals spread with small delay from the site of stimulation. From the relationship between the delay and distance from the current‐applying electrode, conduction velocities were estimated in each tested preparation: the conduction velocity was very small and increased monotonically from about 0.1 m s‐1 at 5 days embryonic age to about 0.4 m s‐1 by hatching. The increase in the conduction velocity was closely related to a developmental increase in the diameter of the vagus nerve bundle. 4. In addition, we have examined the spread of electrotonic potentials. The space constant was very small (200‐450 microns) and increased as development proceeded. 5. Compound optical action signals having two distinct components were also recorded. They often appeared to be concentrated in the preparations from 8‐ to 12‐day‐old embryos. The conduction velocity of the second component was slower than that of the first. We suggest that appearance of the second component reflects degeneration of a subset of axons resulting from ‘neural cell death’ during the development of the vagus nerve.
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18.2
作者:
Salzberg,BM
通讯作者:
Salzberg,BM