Presynaptic dendrites and perikarya in deafferented cerebellar cortex.
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 79 (16), 5093-5096
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.79.16.5093
Abstract
Two to 30 days after complete isolation of the cerebellar cortex of adult rats, small Golgi II type neurons in the granular layer develop presynaptic sites on their dendrites and perikarya. The newly developed presynaptic dendrities established dendrodendritic synaptic contacts with dendritic digits of granule cells. In addition, some granule cells developed presynaptic sites on their somata and dendritic digits, resulting in the formation of (sometimes reciprocal) dendrodendritic synapses between granule cells or between granule cells and Golgi neurons. The development of these unusual synaptic formations indicates a persisting synaptic plasticity of these 2 cerebellar cell types. This unorthodox synapse formation apparently develops as part of a reactive compensatory process to synaptic desaturation brought about by the deafferentation of the cerebellum.Keywords
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