Golgi and EM studies of the formation of dendritic and axonal arbors: the interneurons of the substantia gelatinosa of Rolando in newborn kittens

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
W M Falls, S Gobel

Abstract

Golgi studies in newborn kittens show that the two most prevalent interneurons in Rexed's lamina II of the dorsal horn of the medulla, the stalked cell and islet cell (Gobel, '75a,b, '78b) form their dendritic arbors in a similar fashion. At birth, both cell types are present in forms ranging from immature, in which numerous short dendrites radiate from the cell body in all directions, to relatively mature in which their dendritic arbors have elongated in specific directions and the adult branching pattern is already evident. During postnatal maturation, many dendrites are lost while only a few go on to lengthen. The unmyelinated axons of both cells are first recognized in forms in which lengthening dendrites have taken on their preferred direction of orientation. The two parts of Rexed's lamina II, i.e., layers IIa and IIb have already reached their adult mediolateral width at birth and the neuropil has nearly achieved its adult compactness. Space in the compact neuropil for elongating neuronal and astrocytic processes becomes available through the disintegration of many existing dendrites and by an overall fourfold increase in the rostrocaudal length of the dorsal horn of the medulla during postnatal maturation. At birth, the...Continue Reading

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