The morphology of cat spinal neurons projecting to both the lateral cervical nucleus and the dorsal column nuclei.
Morphological features of physiologically characterized doubly projecting spinocervical tract-dorsal column postsynaptic (SCT-DCPS) neurons were examined following intracellular injections of horseradish peroxidase. Their cell bodies and majority of dendrites were located in laminae III-IV. The SCT-DCPS neurons have rostrocaudally elongated dendritic trees with spiny fine caliber dendrites, and issue local axon collaterals that are studded with varicosities. The results show that the doubly projecting SCT-DCPS neurons do not represent a morphologically distinct subset of the spinocervical tract (SCT) or dorsal column postsynaptic (DCPS) cells.
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Department of Neurobiology, Capital Institute of Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D009474:Neurons / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology
D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase