title: [Computer morphometric analysis of dendrites of the type II Dogiel neurons].
abstract: Dendrites of type II Dogiel neurons (the local receptors) stained with silver nitrate impregnation by Bilschovsky-Gross method, were analyzed with computer morphometry in cat large intestine. The following parameters have been measured: an area of dendritic receptor field, total area of all receptor elements and total length of all receptor branches. Significant individual variability was noted in the values of these parameters: the maximum value exceeded the minimum one by a factor of 41, 29 and 45, respectively. No correlation between these three parameters has been found. It is suggested that the morphological diversity of dendrites found in this study may serve as a basis of the functional variability of type II Dogiel neurons.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neuron Functional Morphology and Physiology and Information Technologies Sector, RAS I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Lukashin
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Zamuraev
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Chikhman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003106:Colon / Q000294:innervation*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted