Synaptic sites on reinnervated nerve cells visualized at two different times in living mice.
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Purves, D; Lichtman, JW
Published in: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
May 1987
Synaptic boutons on the surface of identified autonomic ganglion cells were visualized by methylene blue staining at intervals of 1-2 months following denervation to assess whether regenerating axon terminals reoccupy original synaptic sites. The distribution of synapses observed on the same neuronal cell bodies was almost always different in appearance after reinnervation. These results are at odds with the conclusions of earlier workers, who have argued that mammalian neurons bear a fixed number of synaptic sites, which are reoccupied during reinnervation.
Duke Scholars
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The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
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1529-2401
ISSN
0270-6474
Publication Date
May 1987
Volume
7
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1492 / 1497
Related Subject Headings
- Synapses
- Neurons
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Nerve Regeneration
- Nerve Crush
- Mice
- Methylene Blue
- Male
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic
- Animals
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Purves, D., & Lichtman, J. W. (1987). Synaptic sites on reinnervated nerve cells visualized at two different times in living mice. The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 7(5), 1492–1497. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.07-05-01492.1987
Purves, D., and J. W. Lichtman. “Synaptic sites on reinnervated nerve cells visualized at two different times in living mice.” The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 7, no. 5 (May 1987): 1492–97. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.07-05-01492.1987.
Purves D, Lichtman JW. Synaptic sites on reinnervated nerve cells visualized at two different times in living mice. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1987 May;7(5):1492–7.
Purves, D., and J. W. Lichtman. “Synaptic sites on reinnervated nerve cells visualized at two different times in living mice.” The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 7, no. 5, May 1987, pp. 1492–97. Epmc, doi:10.1523/jneurosci.07-05-01492.1987.
Purves D, Lichtman JW. Synaptic sites on reinnervated nerve cells visualized at two different times in living mice. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 1987 May;7(5):1492–1497.
Published In
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
DOI
EISSN
1529-2401
ISSN
0270-6474
Publication Date
May 1987
Volume
7
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1492 / 1497
Related Subject Headings
- Synapses
- Neurons
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Nerve Regeneration
- Nerve Crush
- Mice
- Methylene Blue
- Male
- Ganglia, Parasympathetic
- Animals