Histoenzymatic study of the neurons in the visual sector of the thalamic reticular nucleus in the adult rat.
The different types of neurons within the visual sector of the rat's thalamic reticular nucleus were studied, both in terms of their morphology and their histochemical activity. Neurons were classified according to their dendritic arrangement into bitufted and multipolar. On the basis of the somal shape, bitufted neurons were further subdivided into two types, triangular and fusiform, and multipolar neurons into stellate and ovoid. Bitufted neurons have moderate succinic dehydrogenase (SDH) activity, while multipolar neurons usually have high SDH activity. Finally, the location of neurons in the visual sector of the thalamic reticular nucleus was described.
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Department of Human Histology and Biology, University of Malaga, Spain.
Díaz
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Villena
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Vidal
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Pérez de Vargas
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D000818:Animals; D003712:Dendrites / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*
D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase