The length of parallel fibers in the cat cerebellar cortex. An experimental light and electron microscopic study

Experimental Brain Research
S BrandE Mugnaini

Abstract

Experimental light and electron microscopic studies were carried out to determine the length of parallel fibers in the cat cerebellar cortex. Using a fine surgical knife, vermal and hemispheral folia were cut perpendicular to their long axis. The animals were sacrificed 1-10 days after the operation. Sections of the transected folia were then stained with a Fink-Heimer procedure. The resulting degeneration appeared as fine dots that extended lateral to the lesion, as predictable from the course of the parallel fibers. Densitometer readings indicate that the density of degeneration declines gradually lateral to the lesion. The specificity of the silver impregnation was checked by processing silver stained sections for electron microscopy. This confirmed the location of the silver precipitate on degenerating parallel fibers. The pattern of parallel fiber degeneration in the molecular layer has a trapezoidal configuration centered on the lesion. The shorter parallel fibers are located at the base of the molecular layer and extend for 5 mm. The parallel fibers become progressively longer as they approach the pial surface where they attain a maximum length of 7 mm. Our studies suggest that in folia longer than 7 mm parallel fibers a...Continue Reading

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