The neurons in the centromedian-parafascicular complex of the monkey (Macaca mulatta): A Golgi Study
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Vol. 168 (1), 41-73
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.901680104
Abstract
The neurons of the nucleus centrum medianum and the neurons of the nucleus parafascicularis were studied in Golgi preparations of the adult monkey(Macaca mulatta) The cell bodies of the principal neurons in the nucleus centrum medianum have a few somatic spines and vary in shape: some are cubical with protruding angles; some are egg-shaped;some are elongated and sausage-shaped. Four to six slightly branched dendrites of unequal thickness radiate from the cell body. Some dendrites extend for nearly 500 microns; all have dendritic spines. In the nucleus parafascicularis there are two varieties of principal neurons:(1) neurons with somatic spines and(2) neurons without somatic spines. The neurons with somatic spines are most numerous. They have polygonal-shaped cell bodies, prominent somatic spines and processes, larger than spines but considerably smaller than dendrites. These processes bear spines and are designated here “microdendrites.” Spines and occasionally a “microdendrite” are found on the axon-hillocks. Five to six dendrites of unequal thickness emerge from the cell bodies. Some extend for more than 500 microns; all have prominent dendritic spines. The neurons without somatic spines are relatively few. Usually three exceptionally long, slightly branched dendrites, one apical and two basal, emerge from their elongated, slim cell bodies. Some dendrites extend for more than 800 microns; all have a few scattered spines. The Golgi type II neurons found in both of these intralaminar nuclei have small cell bodies and a few, relatively long, undulating dendrites, which bear bulbous dendritic appendages and beaded axon-like processes. Distally on these dendrites, where the appendages and processes are more numerous, the dendritic appendages and axon-like processes form complex entanglements. Beaded axons are found on some but not all of the cell bodies. Morphologically these neurons resemble the local interneurons that have been described in various thalamic nuclei.This publication has 41 references indexed in Scilit:
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