Myelinated perikarya and dendrites in lateral geniculate nucleus of adult cat following chronic cortical deafferentation

1981 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 879-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H�mori ◽  
V. L. Silakov
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus ◽  
Lateral Geniculate ◽  
Adult Cat

An electron-microscopical study of the postnatal development of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the normal kitten and after eyelid suture

1980 ◽  
Vol 210 (1179) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Postnatal Development ◽  
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus ◽  
Normal Development ◽  
Microscopical Study ◽  
Synaptic Organization ◽  
Eyelid Closure ◽  
Lateral Geniculate ◽  
Adult Cat ◽  
Electron Microscopical

The postnatal development of the lateral geniculate nucleus has been studied qualitatively with the electron microscope in normal kittens and in kittens with unilateral or bilateral eyelid closure. From birth to about 20 days there is relatively little development and the ultrastructural features characteristic of the adult cat, especially the synaptic organization of glomeruli, are mainly acquired between 40 and 55 days, when there is a rapid increase in the level of maturity. Unilateral and bilateral eyelid suture have virtually no effect upon the normal development, but some neurons in the deprived laminae have slightly less granular endoplasmic reticulum.

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