TY - JOUR
T1 - Cerebellar alterations in the weaver mouse
AU - Hirano, Asao
AU - Dembitzerc, Herbert M.
PY - 1973/2/1
Y1 - 1973/2/1
N2 - The fine structure of the cerebellum of weaver mouse was examined and the paucity of granule cells and their axons, the parallel fibers, was confirmed. Unexpectedly, however, the dendritic spines of the Purkinje cells which, in normal animals, are the postsynaptic mates of the parallel fibers, were present. Furthermore, their essential morphology and their staining reactions were indistinguishable from those of the Purkinie cell dendritic spines in normal animals. Possible mechanisms of development are discussed.
AB - The fine structure of the cerebellum of weaver mouse was examined and the paucity of granule cells and their axons, the parallel fibers, was confirmed. Unexpectedly, however, the dendritic spines of the Purkinje cells which, in normal animals, are the postsynaptic mates of the parallel fibers, were present. Furthermore, their essential morphology and their staining reactions were indistinguishable from those of the Purkinie cell dendritic spines in normal animals. Possible mechanisms of development are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1083/jcb.56.2.478
DO - 10.1083/jcb.56.2.478
M3 - Article
C2 - 4118891
AN - SCOPUS:0015578770
SN - 0021-9525
VL - 56
SP - 478
EP - 486
JO - Journal of Cell Biology
JF - Journal of Cell Biology
IS - 2
ER -