title: Contralateral degeneration in the cat spinal trigeminal nucleus following unilateral retrogasserian trigeminal rhizotomy.
abstract: Retrogasserian trigeminal rhizotomy was used to study the central projections and patterns of degeneration in the spinal trigeminal nucleus (STN). At survival times of 3-20 days, reduced silver stains show extensive degeneration throughout the ipsilateral STN and in addition, well delineated degeneration was identified in the periobex region of the contralateral STN that varied with survival time. The results suggest that primary afferents may contribute to this contralateral projection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Westrum
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014278:Trigeminal Nuclei / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure