The fine structure of the Purkinje cell.
This paper describes the fine structure of the Purkinje cell of the rat cerebellum after fixation by perfusion with 1 per cent buffered osmium tetroxide. Structures described include a large Golgi apparatus, abundant Nissl substance, mitochondria, multivesicular bodies, osmiophilic granules, axodendritic and axosomatic synapses, the nucleus, the nucleolus, and the nucleolar body. A new and possibly unique relationship between mitochondria and subsurface cisterns is described. Possible functional correlations are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002466:Cell Nucleolus; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D002531:Cerebellum; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules; D006056:Golgi Apparatus; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria; D011689:Purkinje Cells; D051381:Rats; D013569:Synapses
CEREBELLUM