DEVELOPMENTAL GRADIENTS IN THE EMBRYONIC CHICKS BASILAR PAPILLA
DEVELOPMENTAL GRADIENTS IN THE EMBRYONIC CHICKS BASILAR PAPILLA
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DOI:
10.3109/00016488409130963
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
COHEN, GM
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作者:
FERMIN, CD;COHEN, GM
The basilar papilla, the avian counterpart of Corti''s organ, was examined cytologically in the embryonic chick (Gallus domesticus) from stages 31 through 46 (hatching). Developmental reconstructions were prepared by using light microscopy to analyze serial sections (1-5 .mu.M) along the entire lagenar length and EM to examine representative thin sections from the proximal, medial and distal regions. Two gradients were identified, the lateral and longitudinal. In the longitudinal gradient, the midbasal basilar papilla, which lies directly above the statoacoustic ganglion, develops before the proximal and distal regions as evidenced by the maturation of hair cells and afferent synapses. In the lateral gradient, tall hair cells and afferent synapses develop before short hair cells and their respective afferent terminals. Efferent synaptogenesis follows the same 2 gradients several days later than the afferents. Afferent synaptogenesis corresponds with the opening of the perilymphatic spaces and completion of the tectorial membrane.