Remodelling in the array of cell aggregates in somatotopic representation of the facial vibrissae through the trigeminal sensory system of the mouse

Neuroscience Research
M Yamakado

Abstract

The disposition of the facial vibrissae of the mouse is represented as a matrix-like array of cell aggregates in rows and columns at every station of the whisker-to-barrel pathway. In order to evaluate the role of each station in this pathway, lesions were made in the facial vibrissae of the mystacial group on P0-P3, and the animals were sacrificed on P8. The effects of the lesions on the cell aggregates in the array were analyzed by using cytochrome oxidase and gallocyanin cell-staining methods. Division of cell aggregates in the array was controlled by row basis interactions through the pathway up to the cerebral cortex. In this organization, affected cell aggregates which corresponded to the damaged vibrissae were eliminated and/or fused together in the array of the thalamic relay nucleus. On the basis of thalamic modification, the final array of cell aggregates was remodelled in the cerebral cortex. In contrast, affected cell aggregates remained degenerative spaces at the original sites in the array in relation to the damaged vibrissae in the brain stem trigeminal nuclear complex. These results indicate that a protoframework with row basis orientation for the division of cell aggregates is prepared in every station of the p...Continue Reading

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