The axon of the giant neuron in the rat neostriatum.
The axon of the giant cells in the rat neostriatum was studied by serial sections on Golgi and electron microscopic preparations and with the combined Golgi-electron microscopic technique (Fairen, Peters and Saldanha, 1977). The ultrastructural characteristics of the initial part are given. It was established that the axon was coated with myelin and gives off myelinated collaterals. The present observations are discussed with regard to the problem of striato-cortical connections.
D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009115:Muridae; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains