Divalent cation changes in cerebellar Purkinje cells after climbing fiber deafferentation.
A secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) microscope was used to detect intracellular stores of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. Measurements were made in semithin sections of fixed tissues of normal and climbing fiber deafferented cerebellar cortex. Quantitative data were collected from 150 microns diameter image fields in the molecular and granule layers. The results indicate smaller quantities of both calcium and magnesium in the deafferented cerebellar cortex compared to the normals, the molecular as well as the granule layer being affected. The results are discussed in terms of the usefulness and limitations of the SIMS microscope for histological preparations.
CNRS Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000502:physiology*; D003714:Denervation; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology*; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
D002413:Cations, Divalent