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Effect of Neonatal Axoplasmic Transport Attenuation in the Infraorbital Nerve on Vibrissae‐related Patterns in the Rat's Brainstem, Thalamus and Cortex
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机译：Effect of Neonatal Axoplasmic Transport Attenuation in the Infraorbital Nerve on Vibrissae‐related Patterns in the Rat's Brainstem, Thalamus and Cortex
AbstractThis study evaluated the effects of neonatal attenuation of axoplasmic transport in the infraorbital nerve (ION) on the organization of vibrissae‐related patterns in the rat's CNS. Application of colchicine‐ or vinblastine impregnated implants to the ION from birth until postnatal day (P)6 to P10 resulted in a 92.4 reduction in the number of trigeminal (V) ganglion cells labelled by application of horseradish peroxidase to the vibrissa pad and a 44.8 decrease in the number of Nissl‐stained ganglion cells in the ophthalamic‐maxillary portion of the V ganglion. These implants also decreased the number of myelinated fibres in the ION. In normal rats killed on P6‐10, there was an average of 10 273±1259 myelinated axons in the nerve. In the animals with colchicine‐ or vinblastine‐treated implants, this value was 3891±1965. The highest axon count in an experimental animal was 9859. In all animals, axoplasmic transport attenuation resulted in the disappearance of normal vibrissae‐related cytochrome oxidase patterns in the brainstem, thalamus and primary somatosensory cortex. Axoplasmic transport attenuation did not result in the disappearance of vibrissae‐related ordering of V primary afferent terminal arbors, as demonstrated by anterograde labelling with neurobiotin. These results suggest that some factor conveyed from the periphery of the V ganglion and perhaps on to the brainstem is necessary for the maintenance of vibrissae‐related patterns in th
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