CHANGING RELATION BETWEEN ONSET OF MYELINATION AND AXON DIAMETER RANGE IN DEVELOPING FELINE WHITE MATTER
CHANGING RELATION BETWEEN ONSET OF MYELINATION AND AXON DIAMETER RANGE IN DEVELOPING FELINE WHITE MATTER
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-510x(82)90216-7
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
HILDEBRAND, C
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作者:
REMAHL, S;HILDEBRAND, C
The size spectra of unmyelinated, ensheathed and initially myelinating CNS axons were examined by EM in the spinal cord ventral funiculus and the corpus callosum of the cat during development. The first myelin sheaths appeared 4 wk before and 3 wk after birth in the spinal and callosal areas, respectively. De novo myelination had largely ceased by 4 mo. in the ventral funiculus and by 7 mo. in the corpus callosum. The diameter ranges, within which spinal and callosal axons undergo primary ensheathment and initial myelination, are markedly different if similar levels of myelination are compared. In both areas, these diameter ranges shift towards smaller sizes with development. Spinal and callosal axons, which undergo primary ensheathment and initial myelination simultaneously, present comparable diameter rangesd. Other factors than the absolute physical size of the axon apparently trigger initiation of CNS myelination. In this respect the developmental stage of the animal appears to play an important role.