Neuronal-glial interactions: quantitation of astrocytic influences on development of catecholamine neurons.
Neuronal-glial interactions: quantitation of astrocytic influences on development of catecholamine neurons.
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神经元-胶质细胞相互作用:定量星形胶质细胞对儿茶酚胺神经元发育的影响。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00965932
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Lauder,JM
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作者:
Lieth,E;Towle,AC;Lauder,JM
Effects of astroglia on the morphological and biochemical differentiation of catecholamine neurons from embryonic rat mesencephalon were studied in vitro, and compared to results obtained with fibroblasts. Neurite outgrowth and complexity were measured using computer-assisted morphometry on tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons growing on preformed monolayers of astrocytes or fibroblasts. The morphological differentiation of these neurons was stimulated by the presence of astrocytes, and this effect was evident in various cellular compartments, including the size of the cell soma, length of neurites and neuritic segments, and the numbers of these segments. Tyrosine hydroxylase activity was measured biochemically in these cultures and was also found to be stimulated by the presence of astroglial monolayers. The implication of these results for the understanding of specific neuron-glial interactions during embryonic brain development is discussed.