The Fine Structure of the Subcommissural Organ of the Human Fetus

Murakami, Masahirô; Nakayama, Y; Shimada, Toshio; Amagase, Noriharu

doi:10.1679/aohc1950.31.529

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Human Subcommissural Organ As An1

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

1972

2001

Publication Types

Select...

Article4

Book1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent5

Authors

Journals

Cited by 12 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 22 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This disagrees with the view of Murakami et al (1970) who also performed an ultrastructural study of the human fetal SCO and concluded that it is rudimentary. Fig.…”

Section: Human Subcommissural Organ As Ancontrasting

confidence: 71%

Human subcommissural organ, with particular emphasis on its secretory activity during the fetal life

Rodríguez

Oksche

Montecinos

2001

Microsc. Res. Tech.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…This disagrees with the view of Murakami et al (1970) who also performed an ultrastructural study of the human fetal SCO and concluded that it is rudimentary. Fig.…”

Section: Human Subcommissural Organ As Ancontrasting

confidence: 71%

Human subcommissural organ, with particular emphasis on its secretory activity during the fetal life

Rodríguez

Oksche

Montecinos

2001

Microsc. Res. Tech.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Ependym und Circumventriculäre Organe

Leonhardt

1980

Handbuch Der Mikroskopischen Anatomie Des Menschen

112

107

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Architecture of the basal region of the subcommissural organ in the brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

1983

Cell Tissue Res.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The architecture of the basal region of the subcommissural organ (SCO) and the subjacent neuropil was studied in the brush-tailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Marsupialia). Several structural features suggest that the basal mode of SCO-secretion may be as prominent as the well-established apical secretion. Some of the features that speak in favour of basal secretion are: (1) the existence of deep processes of secretion-laden SCO cells which reach and surround the capillaries in the hypendyma and the subjacent neuropil; (2) the presence of perivascular spaces, some of which may contain a material that resembles the secretory product of the SCO; (3) positive staining by means of paraldehyde-fuchsin of secretory material in the pericapillary zone of vessels in the hypendyma and its corresponding neuropil; (4) presence of labyrinths of the basal lamina of capillaries and associated nerves. The presence of nerve and other cell processes adjacent to the perivascular space, labyrinths and capillary wall suggests discharge into the capillaries of material such as the basal secretory product of the SCO. However, the absence of fenestrae in capillary endothelium in the context of the foregoing observations is enigmatic and speaks against the possibility of a conventional release of secretion. Nevertheless, it is possible that a secretory product containing particles of low molecular weight combined with some specific features of the local capillary endothelium, which facilitate transport, may be critical factors making possible transfer of such product(s) from the SCO to the capillaries.

show abstract

The Fine Structure of the Subcommissural Organ of the Human Fetus

Cited by 12 publications

References 22 publications

Human subcommissural organ, with particular emphasis on its secretory activity during the fetal life

Human subcommissural organ, with particular emphasis on its secretory activity during the fetal life

Ependym und Circumventriculäre Organe

Architecture of the basal region of the subcommissural organ in the brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About