Sprouting and retraction of neurites by undamaged adult molluscan neurons.
The present study examined the morphology of an identified molluscan neuron subsequent to exposure of animals to a variety of forms of stress. The neuron exhibited the sprouting and retraction of a single neurite in response to specific forms of animal stress. This new form of neuronal plasticity may provide an insight into the factors regulating adult neuronal morphology.
D000818:Animals; D008974:Mollusca; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D013696:Temperature