The overall extent of the perikaryal projections of sensory neurons from spinal ganglia of young adult and aged rabbits was estimated by a stereological method using the electron microscope. The extent of perikaryal projections was significantly smaller in the aged animals. This age-related decrease did not seem to depend on factors intrinsic to the neuron, but on the absence of a satellite cell covering over extensive portions of the nerve cell body surface. This decrease may influence the organization of the subplasmalemmal cytoskeleton, metabolic exchange between the nerve cell body and its environment and perhaps also neuronal metabolism.
L’estensione delle propaggini del corpo dei neuroni dei gangli spinali di coniglio si riduce nella senescenza / M. Ledda, C. Martinelli, P. Sartori, E. Pannese. - In: ATTI DELLA ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI. RENDICONTI LINCEI. SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI. - ISSN 1120-6349. - 9:S.9(1998), pp. 337-341.
L’estensione delle propaggini del corpo dei neuroni dei gangli spinali di coniglio si riduce nella senescenza
M. LeddaPrimo
;C. MartinelliSecondo
;P. SartoriPenultimo
;E. PanneseUltimo
1998
Abstract
The overall extent of the perikaryal projections of sensory neurons from spinal ganglia of young adult and aged rabbits was estimated by a stereological method using the electron microscope. The extent of perikaryal projections was significantly smaller in the aged animals. This age-related decrease did not seem to depend on factors intrinsic to the neuron, but on the absence of a satellite cell covering over extensive portions of the nerve cell body surface. This decrease may influence the organization of the subplasmalemmal cytoskeleton, metabolic exchange between the nerve cell body and its environment and perhaps also neuronal metabolism.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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