title: Structural variation and interactions among astrocytes of the rostral migratory stream and olfactory bulb of the adult rabbit. I. Light microscopic study.
abstract: The organization of the adult rabbit rostral migratory stream (RMS) was studied utilizing the rapid-Golgi technique and aniline stains. The RMS consists of a bi-layered, concentric structure bounding the olfactory ventricle. The inner hypercellular layer contains numerous small- to medium-sized cells and is encased by the stratum lucidum (SL), a layer of moderate to low cell density. The most frequent cell in the SL, here termed an amphomorphic cell (AC), has a mixed astrocyte-neuron phenotype. Although each AC exhibits four sets of processes or domains, variation in the complexity of these domains justified dividing them into six subclasses that might correspond to successive stages of differentiation described earlier in rodents.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, México, Qro., Mexico. Electronic address: jlsneuro@unam.mx.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larriva-Sahd
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000166:cytology*; D055495:Neurogenesis; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000166:cytology*; D011817:Rabbits
keywords: Amphomorphic cell; Neuropil; Reciprocal polarity; Rostral migratory stream