Neuritis of the cauda equina in the horse.
Ultrastructural lesions of the cranial nerves and their ganglia and the autonomic nervous system from 5 cases of neuritis of the cauda equina in the horse are described. They include lysosomal inclusions within the semilunar, geniculate and sympathetic chain ganglia, granulomatous involvement of the coeliaco-mesenteric ganglion and accumulation of axonal organelles in unmyelinated fibres of the great splanchnic nerve, sympathetic chain and oesophageal vagus.
Royal Veterinary College, London, U.K.
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Wright
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Fordyce
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Edington
D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology*; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005724:Ganglia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009443:Neuritis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*