Subsurface cisterns in the Cynomolgus retina

1977 ◽  
Vol 182 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P.E. Spoerri ◽  
P. Glees
Keyword(s):  
Subsurface Cisterns

scholarly journals SUBSURFACE CISTERNS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEURONAL PLASMA MEMBRANE

1962 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Rosenbluth
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Nerve Cell ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Granular Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Supporting Cells ◽  
Golgi Membranes ◽  
Subsurface Cisterns ◽  
Central Nervous Systems ◽  
Neuronal Plasma Membrane

Subsurface cisterns (SSC's) are large, flattened, membrane-limited vesicles which are very closely apposed to the inner aspect of the plasma membranes of nerve cell bodies and the proximal parts of their processes. They occur in a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate neurons of both the peripheral and central nervous systems, but not in the surrounding supporting cells. SSC's are sheet-like in configuration, having a luminal depth which may be less than 100 A and a breadth which may be as much as several microns. They are separated from the plasmalemma by a light zone of ∼50 to 80 A which sometimes contains a faint intermediate line. Flattened, agranular cisterns resembling SSC's, but structurally distinct from both typical granular endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and from Golgi membranes, also occur deep in the cytoplasm of neurons. It is suggested that membranes which are closely apposed may interact, resulting in alterations in their respective properties. The patches of neuronal plasmalemma associated with subsurface cisterns may, therefore, have special properties because of this association, resulting in a non-uniform neuronal surface. The possible significance of SSC's in relation to neuronal electrophysiology and metabolism is discussed.

Epitopes of gap junctional proteins localized to neuronal subsurface cisterns

1990 ◽  
Vol 527 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Yamamoto ◽  
E.L. Hertzberg ◽  
J.I. Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Junctional Proteins ◽  
Subsurface Cisterns ◽  
Gap Junctional

Evidence for the cholinergic nature of C-terminals associated with subsurface cisterns in ?-Motoneurons of rat

Synapse ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. I. Nagy ◽  
T. Yamamoto ◽  
L. M. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Subsurface Cisterns

Membrane Organelles in Developing Hamster Frontal Cortex

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 316-317
Author(s):  
MB. Tank Buschraann
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Cortex ◽  
Osmium Tetroxide ◽  
Lamellar Body ◽  
Pyramidal Cells ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Cacodylate Buffer ◽  
Spine Apparatus ◽  
Subsurface Cisterns ◽  
Subsurface Cistern ◽  
Nissl Substance

Changes in the morphology of the protein-synthetic organelles in pyramidal cells from the frontal cortex were studied in the newborn, 5-, 10-, 15-, 20- day, and adult golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). The rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) was of special interest since it forms the characteristic Nissl substance of adult neurons, as well as other occasional specializations including the subsurface cistern, the lamellar body, the nebenkem, the multilaminated body, the annulate lamella, and the spine apparatus. During the course of this investigation, a sequential pattern was noted in the appearance of the subsurface cisterns and the lamellar bodies, which were the only two specializations of RER observed.The animals were perfused with glutaraldehyde-paraformaldehyde in cacodylate buffer (pH 7.3) after the method of Peters. Tissue samples were subsequently post-fixed in 2% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in acetone, and embedded in Epon-Araldite resin.

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