title: Similarity between cytoplasmic inclusions in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus neurons of the turtle Mauremys caspica and the cytoplasmic structures as reaction to viral infections (hepatitis) and SIDA ultrastructural tracers.
abstract: Two types of "inclusions" observed in the neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the turtle Mauremys caspica, "tubular systems" and "fingerprint-like" structures, may be added to the inventory of those described in apparently normal neurons. Despite their enigmatic significance, we are inclined to think that they could be a morphological expression of viral diseases in the neuron cytoplasm. These structures have a striking similarity with those observed on pathological cells (hepatitis and SIDA).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006518:Hepatitis Viruses / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014426:Turtles