[Complex receptor formations of the cheek pouch of the golden hamster].
In the golden hamster the cheek pouch receptory apparatus presented by a peculiar form of complex sensitive terminals has been studied. Every terminal is a combination of several compact bushes overlapping each other. All the bushes are formed with separate myelin fibers. The fibers participating in the formation of the complex receptor can reach 4 in number, but more often there are 2-3 of them. The end-plates of the receptors are polymorphous formations with a maximal transversal section area equal to 0.5-16 mcm. When the bodies are intravitally stained with methylen blue, heterochromity of the end-plates is revealed. The complex receptory formations are supposed to be mechanoreceptors.
D000818:Animals; D002610:Cheek / Q000294:innervation*; D006224:Cricetinae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D008647:Mesocricetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
Slozhnye retseptornye obrazovaniia zashchechnykh meshkov zolotistogo khomiachka.