Lesion-induced CA1 mossy fibers in the rat represent a neoinnervation

Cook, T. M.; Crutcher, KA

doi:10.1007/bf00248368

Exp Brain Res

1988

DOI: 10.1007/bf00248368

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Lesion-induced CA1 mossy fibers in the rat represent a neoinnervation

T. M. Cook

KA Crutcher

Abstract: The developmental pattern of hippocampal mossy fiber (dentate granule cell axon) innervation to the pyramidal cell layer was examined with anterograde transport methods. Injection of 3H-leucine into the dentate gyrus on PN 1 resulted in labeling of the incipient stratum lucidum extending to, but not beyond, the CA3 region on PN 3 and 5. Since destruction of CA3 pyramidal cells on PN 5 results in aberrant mossy fiber innervation to CA1 pyramidal cells (Cook and Crutcher 1985), these results suggest that the pre… Show more

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The effect of TTX‐activity blockade and total darkness on the formation of retinotopy in the goldfish retinotectal projection

Olson¹,

Meyer²

1991

J of Comparative Neurology

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In the normal goldfish, neighboring retinal ganglion cells terminate in one small tectal locus to produce the precise retinotopy characteristic of this projection. This can be directly demonstrated by labeling neighboring ganglion cells with small "spot" injections of WGA-HRP, which yield a single small patch of product at the retinotopically appropriate part of the tectum. When the optic nerve is crushed, label from these spot injections was previously found to be widely dispersed during the early phase of regeneration. With time, label subsequently condensed, typically into several discrete patches reminiscent of ocular dominance columns. In this study, we tested whether the formation of these patches required impulse activity by injecting tetrodotoxin (TTX) into the eye during regeneration. We found that impulse blockade completely inhibited the formation of discrete patches while permitting considerable condensation of the label. This implies that these patches are generated by activity but that some map "refinement" utilized cellular processes that are activity independent. This activity-independent condensation progressed at a noticeably slower rate than the equivalent condensation seen with activity, thus suggesting that activity normally participates as a "helper factor," even though it is not strictly required. Since the formation of discrete patches during regeneration provides a sensitive measure of activity-dependent refinement, this was used to further address two controversial questions concerning the role of impulse activity. One is whether there is a chronologically defined critical period for activity-dependent refinement. This was tested by blocking impulse activity for 2 to 4 months, much longer than the activity-dependent refinement is thought to last, and then permitting activity to resume. We found that multiple patches were formed following this period of late activity, thus indicating that synaptic plasticity extends for several months beyond the supposed critical period. The other question was whether spontaneous retinal activity was sufficient for activity-dependent ordering. To test this, fish were kept in constant darkness during optic nerve crush and labelled with retinal spot injections at various times during regeneration. Condensation of label with the final formation of multiple patches formed at about the same time as fish with normal visual experience. This implies that the amount and extent of correlation of spontaneous activity in retina is adequate for driving activity-dependent refinement.

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The effect of TTX‐activity blockade and total darkness on the formation of retinotopy in the goldfish retinotectal projection

Olson¹,

Meyer²

1991

J of Comparative Neurology

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Morphological organization of rat hippocampal slice cultures

Caeser

Aertsen

1991

J of Comparative Neurology

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Using various histological methods, we investigated the cellular and morphological organization of rat hippocampal slice cultures. Many of the typical features of the hippocampus were retained in vitro over a long period of time. The principal cell types of the hippocampus and dentate gyrus, the pyramidal cells and granule cells, were well preserved and matured in vitro. Nonpyramidal cells and gamma-aminobutyric-acid (GABA) cells were also present in slice cultures and exhibited a strikingly similar dendritic appearance at the light microscopic level. Moreover, GABA-immunoreactive cell bodies and presynaptic terminals could be identified at the electron microscopic level; they expressed typical symmetric synaptic contacts with cell bodies and dendrites. The course of the intrinsic hippocampal fiber pathways--the mossy fibers, Schaffer collaterals, and alveus--was generally retained in vitro. Additional aberrant fiber projections could be identified. Finally, three types of nonneuronal cells could be distinguished on the basis of immunocytochemical methods.

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Position, guidance, and mapping in the developing visual system

1993

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Positional identity in the visual system affects the topographic projection of the retina onto its central targets. In this review we discuss gradients and positional information in the retina, when and how they arise, and their functional significance in development. When the axons of retinal ganglion cells leave the eye, they navigate through territory in the central nervous system that is rich in positional information. We review studies that explore the navigational cues that the growth cones of retinal axons use to orient towards their target and organize themselves as they make this journey. Finally, these axons arrive at their central targets and make a precise topographic map of visual space that is crucial for adaptive visual behavior. In the last section of this review, we examine the topographic cues in the tectum, what they are, when, and how they arise, and how retinal axons respond to them. We also touch on the role of neural activity in the refinement of this topography.

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Lesion-induced CA1 mossy fibers in the rat represent a neoinnervation

Cited by 10 publications

References 21 publications

The effect of TTX‐activity blockade and total darkness on the formation of retinotopy in the goldfish retinotectal projection

The effect of TTX‐activity blockade and total darkness on the formation of retinotopy in the goldfish retinotectal projection

Morphological organization of rat hippocampal slice cultures

Position, guidance, and mapping in the developing visual system

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