Glial changes in primate cerebral cortex following long-term sensory deprivation.
Significant morphological modifications in the layout of primate-specific (interlaminar) astroglia were found in somatosensory areas 3a, 3b, 1 and 2 eleven to thirteen months after transection of the posterior spinal cord in adult Macaca monkeys. These observations plus lack of evidence of a persistent reactive astrocytosis suggest that changes in the spatial arrangement of interlaminar glia may be an integral part of the long-term process of structural reorganization of the cerebral cortex following cortical deafferentation.
Reisin
Hernán D
HD
Unidad de Neurobiología Aplicada, CEMIC-CONICET, Av. Galván 4102, 1431 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Colombo
Jorge A
JA
D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008254:Macaca nemestrina; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013995:Time