Olivary enlargement: stage of initial astrocytic changes.
Light and electron microscopic morphometry was carried out on an autopsy patient with olivary enlargement and secondary degeneration of the central tegmental tract due to a pontine tegmental lesion. The authors found active participation of neuropile astrocytic processes in the early stage of olivary enlargement before the appearance of gemistocytic astrocytes. The presence of a new stage between the stages of olivary hypertrophy and culminant olivary enlargement was clarified for the first time through electron microscopic and morphometric analysis.
Goto
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Department of Neuroanatomy, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kakimi
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Kaneko
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D001253:Astrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009847:Olivary Nucleus / Q000473:pathology*; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali / Q000473:pathology