[Neuron non-electrical functions].
Classical histological preparations of the metasympathetic nervous system treated with silver salts were compared with isolated neuron cultures to study non-electrical functions of the neurons. A hypothesis of a tissue trophic effect of the nervous tissue's receptors, is advanced. Proteolytic enzymes were shown to be a growth factor for surrounding tissues and to play a role of trophic agents. A permanent restructurisation seems to occur in formed plexuses of adult healthy animals.
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I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Acad. Sci., 199034, St. Petersburg, Nab. Makarova, 6, Russia.
D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009415:Nerve Net; D016501:Neurites / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure