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    Cell & tissue research 111 (1970), S. 15-31 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Subcommissural organ ; Toads ; Apical secretion ; Fine structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The ependymal cells of the toad subcommissural organ produce pale and dense secretory granules. Both types of granules are mainly concentrated in the apical cytoplasm and in the perinuclear region. Pale and dense granules are synthesized by and packed in the rough endoplasmic reticulum, bypassing the step of the Golgi apparatus. The apical cytoplasm of some subcommissural ependymal cells protrudes into the ventricle. All the cells project a few cilia and numerous slender, long microvilli into the ventricular lumen. Contacting the cilia and the microvilli there is a filamentous material identical to that observed in the fibre of Reissner at the aqueduct of Sylvius. In addition to filaments, the fibre of Reissner contains vacuolar formations. The fibre is surrounded by numerous ependymal cilia, some of which are embedded in the filamentous material of the fibre. The presence of numerous microvilli projected into the ventricle and the large number of vesicles scattered in the supranuclear cytoplasm seem to indicate that the subcommissural organ may have absorption functions. The fact that the intercellular space of the ependymal layer of the subcommissural organ is not separated from the ventricular lumen by tight junctions but by zonulae adhaerentes could indicate that the cerebrospinal fluid penetrates these intercellular spaces bathing all sides of the ependymal cells. The presence in the ependymal cells of vesicles opening into the intercellular space would be in agreement with the latter possibility. There are some ultrastructural differences between the ependymal cells of the cephalic end of the subcommissural organ and those of the caudal end. A critical analysis of Reissner's fibre formation is made.
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    Cell & tissue research 112 (1971), S. 212-246 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Spiders ; Cupiennius salei ; Slit sense organs ; Fine structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ein großes Einzelspaltsinnesorgan auf dem Tarsus der Spinne Cupienniua salei Keys. wird elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht und mit einem kleinen tarsalen Einzelorgan sowie dem zusammengsetzten (lyriformen) Organ des Metatarsus verglichen. 1. Der sog. Spalt besteht aus zwei Anteilen: a) Der in der Exocuticula gelegene hat die Gestalt einer Rinne (Länge ca. 51 μm, Breite ca. 2,2 μm), welche an den Enden ihrer Längserstreckung flach ist und in einer Mittelzone die Exocuticula bis auf einen ca. 0,23 μm starken Boden (innere Membran = M.i.) durchstößt. Die Exocuticula bildet um den Spalt herum einen verstärkenden Rahmen mit spezifischer Anordnung der exocuticularen Lamellen. b) Der in Meso- und Endocuticula gelegene Anteil öffnet sich von M. i. aus glockenförmig zur Epidermis hin. 2. Der Spalt ist überall von einer ca. 0,25 μm dicken Membran (äußere Membran M.a.) bedeckt, deren quantitativ wichtigste Komponente elektronenoptisch der innersten Lage der Epicuticula (dense layer) gleicht. 3. Das Spaltsinnesorgan wird von zwei Dendriten innerviert. Während einer davon nahe M.i. endet, zieht der andere durch eine Öffnung in dieser bis zu M. a. 4. Beide Dendrite weisen dieselbe feinstrukturelle Dreigliederung auf. a) Der dem Zellsoma folgende Abschnitt enthält Tubuli und einige randständige Mitochondrien. b) Nach distal folgt eine mitochondrienreiche und tubuluslose Dendritenanschwellung. c) Der somafernste Abschnitt beginnt mit einer Ciliarstruktur, deren Basalkörper in der Anschwellung liegen. Er zeichnet sich durch zahlreiche von periodischen Querstrukturen miteinander verbundene Tubuli sowie das vollkommene Fehlen von Mitochondrien aus. 5. Distal von der Ciliarstruktur umgibt eine gemeinsame elektronendichte Scheide die beiden Dendrite. 6. In der Mittelzone ihrer Längserstreckung bildet M.a. an einem in der Aufsicht tropfenförmigen und leicht versenkten Flächenausschnitt eine zylinderförmige Vertiefung (Tiefe ca. 1 μm, ø ca. 0,5 μm) aus, durch deren Boden der längere Dendrit samt Scheide hindurchzieht, um als fingerförmige Erhebung in dem Zylinder zu enden. Das Ende dieses Dendriten zeichnet sich durch eine extra- und intrazelluläre Ansammlung elektronendichter Substanz aus (Tubularkörper). 7. Eine innere und eine äußere Hüllzelle (Hz 1 bzw. Hz 2) umgeben die Dendrite gemeinsam. Hz 1 endet distal auf Höhe der Ciliarkörper, Hz 2 reicht nahe bis zu M.i. Der apikale Bereich von Hz 2 bildet eine große, nach distal offene Invagination aus, welche von Mikrovilli und einer daraufliegenden extrazellulären Substanz gesäumt wird. Elektronenoptisch vergleichbares Material findet sich in einem ausgedehnten Lakunensystem, das weiter proximal von weiteren Zellinvaginationen und erweiterten Extrazellularräumen gebildet wird. 8. Der sensorische Apparat eines kleinen tarsalen Einzelorgans sowie des metatarsalen lyriformen Organs stimmt im wesentlichen mit dem des großen tarsalen Einzelspalts überein.
    Notes: Summary A large single slit sense organ on the tarsus of the spider Cupiennius salei Keys, was examined electronmicroscopically and compared with a small single slit sense organ also on the tarsus and with the compound (lyriform) organ on the metatarsus. 1. The so-called slit consists of two parts. The upper one is a trough-shaped chamber in the exocuticle, flat at both ends of its longitudinal axis and growing deeper towards its mid-portion until only a floor remains 0.23 μm thick (inner membrane of the slit = M.i.). The exocuticle thickens around the slit into a reinforcing frame with specific arrangement of the exocuticular lamellae. The lower part opens out from M.i. like a bell into the meso- and endocuticle. 2. The trough-shaped upper chamber is covered by a membrane 0.25 μm thick (outer membrane of the slit = M.a.). The main component of this membrane resembles the “dense layer” of the epicuticle. 3. The slit is innervated by two dendrites. One of them ends close to M.i. The other passes through an opening of M.i. and runs up to M. a. 4. Both dendrites are composed of three portions markedly different in fine structure. a) The portion close to the soma contains tubules and a modest number of mitochondria. b) More distally a pronounced swelling of the dendrite follows, rich in mitochondria but lacking tubules. c) The most distal part begins with a ciliary configuration of microtubules. Its basal bodies are located in the dendritic swelling. This part does not contain any mitochondria but numerous tubules with a network of electron dense material between them. 5. Distal to their ciliary segments both dendrites are surrounded by a common sheath of high electron density. 6. Viewed from above a slight, flat, tear-shaped depression can be seen in M.a. Towards its middle the depression deepens to form a cylinder (ø 0.5 μm, depth 1 μm). The end of the longer dendrite penetrates the floor of this cylinder and projects like a finger into its interior. About 0.7 μm proximal and distal to the dendrite — M.a. junction, electron dense material accumulates around and within the dendrite (tubular body). 7. Two sheath cells surround both dendrites in common. The inner cell terminates at the level of the ciliary structure. The outer cell continues more distally towards M.i. The apical part of the outer sheath cell forms a large invagination bordered by a microvillous cell membrane and an extracellular layer of medium electron density. A substance very similar or identical with that of the layer is found deeper within the leg in a spaceous lacunar system formed by further cell invaginations and extended extracellular gaps. 8. The fine structure of the input apparatus of a small single slit on the tarsus and the compound lyriform organ on the metatarsus is essentially the same as that of the large single tarsal slit.
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    Cell & tissue research 113 (1971), S. 420-440 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Crayfish ; Hepatopancreas ; Cell differentiation ; Digestion ; Fine structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of R-, F-, and B-cells and of the myoepithelial network in crayfish hepatopancreas tubules was studied as a basis for the functional interpretation of hepatopancreatic digestive activity: 1. R-cells absorb luminal nutrients, mainly via contact digestion and molecular transport, and they store and metabolize glycogen and lipids. To this extent, R-cells combine the functions of vertebrate intestinal absorptive and hepatic parenchymal cells. 2. F-cells synthesize digestive enzymes and sequester them in a supranuclear vacuole which enlarges by pinocytic intake of luminal nutrients and fluids. 3. F-cell to B-cell transformation results from continued engorgement of the F-cell's supranuclear vacuole until only the nuclear region and a pinocytically activeapical complex remain identifiable. 4. B-cell secretion involves pinching off of the apical complex followed by extrusion of the enzyme-rich vacuolar contents. 5. The tubule's myoepithelial network consists of circular fibers, each containing a single myofibril, which branch to form longitudinal fibers. Sarcomeres are long (10–12 μ) and each thick myofilament is surrounded by 11–13 thin ones. This arrangement permits coordinated, tonic contractions of tubule segments which transport nutrients “in” and enzymes “out”. 6. Neurosecretory control of tubular function is suggested by the presence of vesicle-containing, extratubular cell processes which contact the circular muscle fibers.
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    Cell & tissue research 119 (1971), S. 295-308 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Fine structure ; Neuroglia ; Nervous system ; Polychaetes ; Cell junctions
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The principal supportive elements of the nereid central nervous system are non-neuronal cells that are referred to as supportive glia. Supportive glial cells form a conspicuous cortex in the nerve cord. The inner region of this cortex consists of closely packed processes and cell bodies of fibrous supportive glial cells that are arranged in concentric layers around the perimeter of the neuropile. The fibrous appearance of the glial cells results from dense bundles of cytoplasmic filaments. Many fibrous glial processes penetrate the neuropile and ramify among the neuronal elements. Larger, irregularly shaped cells are the chief supportive glial elements of the peripheral region of the cortex where they line the stromal sheath (neural lamella) and invest the neuronal perikarya with extensive concentric systems of lamellate processes. These glial cells usually possess a relatively undifferentiated cytoplasm with scattered glycogen granules, but occasionally have a well developed Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum and densely packed particulate glycogen. The supportive glia exhibits numerous desmosomes as well as 5-layered (“tight”) and 7-layered (“gap”) junctions. Interspersed among the supportive glial cells are non-neuronal cells referred to as granulocytes. These cells have abundant large, granular inclusions, electron lucent vesicles, plasmalemmal infoldings and microtubules. The granulocytes may be derived from undifferentiated glial cells or may represent coelomocytes that have invaded the nervous tissue.
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    Cell & tissue research 122 (1971), S. 111-121 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Salivary gland ; Octopods ; Epithelium ; Cell types ; Fine structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The posterior salivary gland of Octopods comprises a parenchyma of branching tubules in a connective tissue stroma. The tubules are lined by either of two distinct epithelia.Type A is composed predominantly of columnar cells containing large granules whose contents vary in appearance from cell to cell.Type B consists of three cell types: A circumferential layer of processes ofstriated cells containing radially orientated infoldings of the cellular membrane, between which are packed numerous mitochondria;cistern cells which contain an invaginated system of membrane loops, the interior of which is in communication with the lumen; andlumen lining cells. All these cells send processes to the basement membrane of the tubule, so that both epithelia are pseudostratified. The functional significance of this cytological specialisation is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 123 (1972), S. 121-152 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Colloblasts ; Tentacles ; Ctenophore ; Fine structure
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die licht- und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung der Tentakel und der Colloblasten der Ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus ergab: 1. Die in Mesogloea eingelagerte glatte Muskulatur des Tentakels und der Fangfäden wird von einer perimuskulären Zone umgeben, die durch eine einschichtige Lage abgeplatteter Zellen (Deckschicht) nach außen begrenzt wird. Durch diese Zone, die freie Zellen und sulfathaltige Mukosubstanzen enthält, verlaufen die Stiele der Colloblasten. Ihr peripherer Abschnitt tritt durch interzelluläre Lücken in der Deckschicht hindurch und setzt sich in den Kopf des Colloblasten fort. Die kalottenförmigen Köpfe der Colloblasten liegen auf der Außenfläche der Deckschicht und werden von Cytoplasmalamellen ihrer Zellen umfaßt. Inmitten des Tentakels befindet sich ein axialer Gewebsstrang, der wahrscheinlich Nervenfasern enthält. 2. Als elektronenmikroskopisches Äquivalent der sulfathaltigen Mukosubstanzen in der perimuskulären Zone werden reichlich vorkommende Blasen angesehen, die von Zellen der Deckschicht abgegeben werden. Diese Substanzen dürften zur Plastizität der perimuskulären Zone beitragen und damit Verschiebungen der Muskelstränge gegen die sie umhüllende Deckschicht begünstigen. 3. Der Colloblast ist eine gestielte Zelle mit rübenförmigem Kern, die in der Oberfläche des Tentakels verankert ist. Die Achse ihres Stiels bildet ein Tubus, an dessen basales Ende sich eine massendichte, an eine Lampenbürste erinnernde Wurzel anschließt. Die Lichtung des Tubus enthält eine vermutlich halbflüssige Substanz. Der Tubus wird von einem Cytoplasmamantel umschlossen, aus dem sich eine Gruppe parallelisierter, longitudinal verlaufender Leisten erhebt. Diese Leisten umziehen den Stiel als langgestreckte Spirale und gehen an der Basis des Colloblastenkopfes in dessen Cytoplasma über. Ebenso stehen sie mit dem die Wurzel enthaltenden Cytoplasmakeil in kontinuierlichem Zusammenhang. Dieser Keil senkt sich in die Mesogloea der Tentakeloberfläche ein. Die Frage, ob die Stiele der Colloblasten kontraktil sind, muß in Untersuchungen am lebenden oder überlebenden Objekt geprüft werden. Anhaltspunkte für die Existenz von Strukturen im Colloblastenstiel, die als Substrat einer Kontraktilität angesehen werden können, wurden nicht gewonnen. 4. Unmittelbar unter dem Plasmalemm des Colloblastenkopfes liegen im Halbkreis angeordnete Sekretkugeln, die durch je einen Radius mit einem zentralen massendichten Sternkörper in Verbindung stehen. Dieser Sternkörper bildet die Fortsetzung der Wand des Tubusabschnittes, der in die Kalottenbasis eingebettet ist. Dem Sternkörper und dem Tubus lagert der Zellkern eng an. Weite Strecken seiner Oberfläche werden nicht von einer Kernmembran umschlossen. Das Cytoplasma des Colloblastenkopfes enthält wenige Mitochondrien (Cristatypus), einige Membranen des rauhen endoplasmatischen Retikulums und des Golgi-apparates, einzelne zarte Filamente und Vesikel verschiedenen Inhalts. 5. Die von einer Membran umhüllten Sekretkugeln (Globuli, Durchmesser durchschnittlich 0.9mμ) des Colloblastenkopfes stehen zu den stempelartig verbreiterten Enden der Radii des Sternkörpers regelmäßig in enger räumlicher Beziehung. Zwischen ihrer Membran und der Stempelfläche breitet sich eine dünne, anscheinend aus kurzen Stäbchen aufgebaute Platte aus; ihr pflegt eine Verdichtung der Globulisubstanz gegenüber zu liegen. In dem gleichmäßig granulierten Inhalt der Kugeln bildet sich eine weitere Schale parallel zur Kugeloberfläche aus. Das Plasmalemm des Colloblasten trägt im Bereich der Sekretkugeln einen niedrigen zarten Härchenbesatz. 6. In schalenartigen Vertiefungen in der Oberfläche des Colloblastenkopfes liegen Vesikel (Durchmesser 0.8–0.9 mμ), deren Inhalt aus teils homogenem, sehr massendichtem, teils feinkörnig strukturiertem Material besteht. Es wird angenommen, daß die Umwandlung des Inhalts der Sekretkugeln und ihre Extrusion rasch abläuft, da Stadien einer allmählichen Reifung der Sekretkugeln nicht beobachtet wurden. Der Inhalt der Vesikel wird — wahrscheinlich bei der Berührung mit der Beute — durch Platzen ihrer Membranen freigesetzt. 7. Ein Teil der Zellen der Deckschicht ist durch einen Stiel der beschriebenen Bauweise mit der Tentakeloberfläche verbunden und trägt die ultrastrukturellen Merkmale einer Stoffproduktion. In ihnen liegen kugelige Vesikel verschiedener Größe, die einen mäßig dichten homogenen Inhalt beherbergen. Gestielte Zellen der Deckschicht, die derartige Einschlüsse aufweisen, werden als Procolloblasten gedeutet. Die nicht gestielten Zellen der Deckschicht enthalten teils kleinere, teils größere Blasen, die offenbar in die perimuskuläre Zone abgegeben werden; sie werden als Produzenten der hier nachweisbaren sulfathaltigen Mukosubstanzen aufgefaßt. 8. Die unmittelbare Umgebung des Wurzelkeils des Colloblastenstiels ist durch lange, spiralig gewundene, aus Filamenten aufgebaute Fasersträhnen mit der Oberfläche der glatten Muskelzellen verbunden. Als Ort der Insertion und der Entstehung dieser Strähnen werden die zahlreichen zackenartigen Fortsätze angesehen, die sich aus der Oberfläche der Myozyten in die intermuskuläre Mesogloea erheben. 9. Jede Muskelzelle des Tentakels und seiner Fangfäden ist mit einem Tubuluskomplex ausgestattet, der unmittelbar unter ihrem Plasmalemm liegt und mit Mitochondrien vergesellschaftet ist. 10. Das verbreitete Schema des Colloblasten von Komai (z.B. Hyman, 1940; Barnes, 1963; Kaestner, 1969; Grassé, Poisson und Tuzet, 1970) muß auf Grund der mitgeteilten Befunde aufgegeben werden.
    Notes: Summary Tentacles and colloblasts of the Ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus have been investigated light- and electron microscopically. Among others the results are as follows: 1. The smooth muscle cells of the tentacle and its branches are embedded in mesogloea and surrounded by a perimuscular zone bounded by a layer of flat covering cells. This zone contains the stalks of the colloblasts, free cells and sulfated mucosubstances. The nucleus containing part of the stalk passes through intercellular gaps between the covering cells. Cytoplasmic lamellae of the latter embrace the head of the colloblasts which are attached to the outer surface of the covering layer. The axis of the tentacle and its branches consist of a strand of tissue which presumably contains nerve fibres. 2. Balloon-like vesicles which originate from the covering cells are considered to represent the electron microscopical equivalent of the mucosubstances occurring in the perimuscular zone. These substances might favour any gliding movements of the muscular stem against the surrounding covering cell layer. 3. Colloblasts are cells with an elongated turnip-shaped nucleus and are provided with a stalk anchored in the surface of the tentacles. The axis of the stalk contains a tube of almost constant diameter the basis of which is in continuity with an electron dense radix situated in a wedge-shaped cytoplasmic area. The tube filled with a possibly semifluid material is wrapped by a cytoplasmic sheath. This sheath extends into parallelized longitudinally orientated and slightly spiralized cristae. These cristae are in continuity with the perikaryon of the colloblast and with the cytoplasmic wedge containing the radix. The question whether the colloblast stalks are contractile or not deserves further in vivo observations. Structures commonly considered to be responsible for their contractility have not been found. 4. Immediately below the plasmalemma of the colloblasts' heads secretory globules are situated in regular order which are connected by electron dense radii with a central core—both radii and core, forming a star-shaped body. This body is in continuity with that part of the wall of the tube which is embedded in the cytoplasm of the head. The elongated nucleus of the colloblast is closely attached to the core of the star-shaped body and to the intracellular tube. A special feature of the nucleus is its lack of a nuclear membrane over great parts of its surface. The cytoplasm of the head contains a few mitochondria (crista-type), a small amount of rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, isolated filaments and vesicles of various contents. 5. The membrane bounded secretory globules (diameter approx. 0.9 mμ) in the head of the colloblast are regularly connected with stamp-shaped endings of the radii of the star-shaped body. Between the membrane of the globules and the feet of the radius a disc is intercalated which apparently consists of small rods. Within the evenly granulated material of the globule a second membrane or parts of it are to be observed. The plasmalemma of the colloblast covering the globules bears a coat of tiny bristles. 6. Indentations of the surface of the head contain vesicles (diameter approx. 0.8–0.9mμ) the content of which is partly homogenous and electron dense, partly fine granular. It is assumed that the transformation of the intraglobular material into the characteristic contents of these vesicles and their extrusion happens rapidly; phases of a slow maturation of the secretory globules have not been observed. It is further suggested that the material enveloped by the membranes of the vesicles—its nature still being unknown—is released by rupture of the membrane, if the colloblast contacts any prey of the animal. 7. Some cells of the covering layer reach the surface of the tentacle by a stalk exhibiting the structure already described. The ultrastructure of these cells is characteristic of secretory elements. Their cytoplasm contains spheroidal vesicles of different sizes filled with material of medium electron density. These cells are tentatively named Procolloblasts. The majority of the covering cells contains numerous vesicles, partly balloon-like, and releases these particles into the perimuscular zone. These materials are interpreted as to represent sulfated mucosubstances. 8. In the vicinity of the radix very long helical fibres occur regularly, built up by fine filaments. These curl-like fibres are connected with the protrusions of the muscle cells. Possibly these processes are the site of origin of the curls. 9. Each muscle cell is provided with a so-called tubular complex in its peripheral cytoplasm, associated with mitochondria. 10. The wide-spread scheme of the Colloblast presented by Komai (1922) and reproduced in a series of textbooks has to be abandoned.
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    Keywords: Chemoreceptor ; Locusta ; Fine structure ; Development ; Moulting
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    Notes: Summary The basic structure of the terminal sensilla of Locusta migratoria resembles that of Schistocerca gregaria. There are commonly six or ten neurons whose dendrites extend almost to the opening of the peg. Proximally the dendrites are clothed by a neurilemma cell which also encloses a basal cavity through which their ciliary region passes. The tormogen cell encloses the receptor-lymph cavity and actively secretes material into it. The receptor-lymph cavity and the basal cavity are quite separate. The development of new pegs at a moult is described. After apolysis the scolopale extends across the subcuticular space and protects the dendrites, which remain in a functional condition until shortly before ecdysis. As the trichogen cell grows out to form a new peg the tip is surrounded by a mass of electron-dense material, probably derived from the receptorlymph cavity. The function of this material is unknown. Regeneration of the dendrites is considered. The possible mechanism by which the tip of the peg opens and closes is considered and the general structure of the organule is discussed in relation to functioning.
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    Cell & tissue research 122 (1971), S. 160-171 
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    Keywords: Tentacles ; Polychaetes ; Sensory cells ; Sensory innervation ; Cilia ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary Following observation of conical groups of stiff, but motile cilia on the tentacles of the branchial crown of Sabella pavonina, these were examined with the electron microscope. The bundles consist of about 40 unenclosed “standard” cilia supported by one or two primary sense cells with centrally directed axons of 0.1–0.2 μ diameter. Axons in the distal portions of the branchial crown occur in small bundles surrounded by a basement membrane. More centrally, glial elements appear and the nerves are surrounded by a collagenous sheath. The branchial nerve trunk shows similarities in organisation to other previously investigated annelid central nervous tissue in that the whole nerve is surrounded by a fibrous sheath central to which there is a layer of glial cells with processes penetrating a central neuropile. The 0.1–0.2 μ axons commonly occur in glial-enveloped groups of 〈 40 whilst other axons of larger and mixed diameter are found together. Each tentacle has two branchial nerves on the oral side, and each nerve gives rise to two small 75-axon branches running to each pinnule. The branchial nerves fuse to form the branchial nerve trunk running to the supra-oesophageal ganglia. Sections of the branchial nerves of the branchial crown at progressively more central levels show that the branchial nerve trunk contains enough axons of 0.1–0.2 μ diameter to account for all the sensory cells on the tentacles. This is taken as evidence for the sensory cells having axons terminating within the central nervous system and that there is no peripheral confluence or fusion of these afferent axons.
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    Cell & tissue research 131 (1972), S. 27-30 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Atrial muscle ; Fine structure ; Triparanol
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The atrial musculature of rats given the cholesterol inhibitor triparanol (MER/29) (250 mg/kg daily) for 8 days was examined under the electron microscope and compared with that from untreated animals. The sarcoplasmic core of muscle fibers from animals given triparanol exhibited a new formation of sarcoplasmic granules which displayed a crystalline latticework with opaque lines approximately 40–60 Å separated by clear spaces 50–70 Å. They were partially or completely surrounded by a membrane. The crystalline bodies in cardiac muscle fibers were not as numerous as those observed in adrenocortical, testicular interstitial, or luteal cells as reported earlier by the investigators.
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    Cell & tissue research 131 (1972), S. 519-528 
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    Keywords: Cardiac innervation ; Teleosts ; Acetylcholinesterase ; Fine structure ; Histochemistry
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    Notes: Summary The innervation of the heart of the plaice has been studied ultrastructurally and histochemically in order to describe the anatomy, and the nature of the neuro-transmitters involved in the regulation of the heart. A single cardiac branch of the vagus runs over the Duct of Cuvier and sinus venosus where it forms a plexus extending into the sinoatrial region. Many ganglion cells are scattered throughout this plexus upon which are seen cholinergic-type terminals at which AChE can be localised. It is therefore concluded that this is the parasympathetic cardiac ganglion. The innervation of the atrium is dense at the sinoatrial end but decreases towards the ventricle. The ventricle is probably aneural, possibly a consequence of the lack of a coronary blood supply to act as a pathway for an innervation of this chamber. Most of the intramural axon profiles contain large numbers of small agranular vesicles and are cholinergic, AChE being localised at their membranes. Other profiles contain small numbers of larger granular vesicles amongst the agranular vesicles but these are not adrenergic since these vesicles are not depleted by reserpine, do not load with 6-OHDA, and AChE can be localised at the membranes of the profiles. No adrenergic-type profiles were seen in any part of the heart, nor were any fluorescent, catecholamine-containing fibres observed.
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