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    Cell & tissue research 148 (1974), S. 301-308 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Fine structure ; Lime sacs ; Anura ; Calcium transport
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    Notes: Summary A histochemical and electron microscopical study was conducted on the lime sacs of larval and adult Rana catesbiana. Both undecalcified and EDTA-decalcified material was analyzed. The follicles of the lime sacs contain numerous aragonite crystals and are lined by a cuboidal epithelium. The epithelial cells contain granules of a material identified histochemically as acid mucopolysaccharide. Crystals similar to those present in the lumen of the follicles were also found inside the epithelial cells. These cells possess nuclei with coarsely distributed chromatin, many mitochondria, free ribosomes, well developed Golgi complexes and a few profiles of rough endoplasmic reticulum. Numerous variously electron dense granules seem to correspond to those characterized histochemically as mucopolysaccharides. Large, intracellular vacuoles appear to contain crystals. Release of the crystals into the lumen seems to occur by apocrine secretion. Resorption of calcium from the lumen probably takes place by diffusion through the apical plasma membrane as indicated by the presence of numerous microvilli. The intercellular spaces contain numerous, thin, interdigitating processes from neighbouring cells and appear to be sealed at both ends by junctional complexes. This observation is discussed in relation to the idea that the intercellular spaces might be related to the transit of calcium from the epithelial cells towards the sub-epithelial capillaries.
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    Cell & tissue research 149 (1974), S. 205-221 
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    Keywords: Locus coeruleus ; Tegmentum ; Mesencephalon ; Adrenergic centers ; Synapses
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    Notes: Summary The locus coeruleus of cat is populated by two types of neurons: medium sized ones, with plump cell bodies and relatively short dendrites; and small ones, with triangular bodies and relatively long dendrites. The former type is regarded here as typical of the centre, whereas the second type could simply represent displaced neurons from the adjacent griseum centrale. Electron microscopy failed to reveal any outstanding richness in pigment granules in kittens up to five weeks old. Very characteristic somatic appendages were found, mostly in the medium sized neurons. These somatic “spines” communicate with the perikaryon by means of a narrow neck region. A complex, multilayered, glial sheath surrounds the cells. This glial sheath is pierced by the somatic appendages, which are not surrounded by glia and make contact with axonal knobs. Typical dendritic spines appear to be absent. Axodendritic synapses are made on medium sized dendritic trunks. By and large, most of the synaptic vesicles present in the centre are of the small, clear-centered type. However, dense core vesicles extremely variegated in size and appearance were found, both in presynaptic and postsynaptic profiles. The possibility that dense core vesicles should be regarded as atypical lysosomes rich in by-products of the metabolism of catecholamines (melanine) has been considered.
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    Cell & tissue research 151 (1974), S. 259-268 
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    Keywords: Pigmentation ; Axolotls ; Fine structure ; Iridophores ; Xanthophores
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of wild type axolotl xanthophores and iridophores was compared with that of cells at the same location in mutant axolotls lacking these chromatophores. The xanthophores of wild type axolotls contain ovoid pterinosomes that are empty or contain a few small vesicles of fibers. In skin from axanthic animals cells that may be xanthoblasts are present at the location in which xanthophores occur in wild type skin; pterinosome-like granules are absent. In wild type peritoneum, long, narrow organelles that appear to be developing reflecting platelets were seen within iridophores. Neither of the axolotl mutants that lack iridophores, axanthic and melanoid, contain these “prereflecting” platelets. In contrast with the absence of prepigment organelles in these two mutants, albino integument contains cells filled with granules identified as premelanosomes. The defects in chromatophore development of the axanthic and melanoid mutants seem to occur prior to formation of prepigment organelles.
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    Cell & tissue research 152 (1974), S. 283-292 
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    Keywords: Sense organ ; Lateral line ; Synapses ; Ambystoma mexicanum ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Lateral line organs in young salamanders of the species Ambystoma mexicanum were investigated with scanning and transmission electron microscopy. They were found to differ from the lateral line organs in adult animals (1) by being lower, having short hair cells and supporting cells, (2) by the hair cells having areas of lateral contact, (3) by the occasional presence, at the edge of the organ, of hair cells at an early developmental stage. Two types of nerve endings are seen: (1) afferent, and (2) less commonly, efferent vesiculated ones. Synaptic bodies have been seen in the cytoplasm without association to afferent synapses.
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    Cell & tissue research 153 (1974), S. 327-337 
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    Keywords: Olfactory receptor ; Sensillum ; Mosquito ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary The grooved pegs also referred to in the literature as type A3 setae, thornshaped hairs, pegs, and sensilla basiconica of female Aedes aegypti (L.) are described. Externally the sensillum appears as a short, thick-walled, non-articulated peg with usually 12 grooves in the wall and bearing one terminal pore. Usually three, occasionally four or five, neurons with unbranched dendrites innervate each peg. The dendrites are encased in a prominent cuticular sheath from the ciliary region to the tip of the peg. Three sheath cells are associated with each sensillum. Although the grooved pegs have the structure commonly associated with contact chemoreceptors they function exclusively in the reception of air-borne stimuli.
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    Cell & tissue research 152 (1974), S. 185-191 
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    Keywords: Laryngeal muscles ; Female tree frog, Hyla arborea arborea (L.) ; Fine structure ; Motor endplates ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The larynx musculature of female tree frogs is very poorly developed compared with that of males. This is probably due to the fact that they are less used; female tree frogs do not produce mating calls. The larynx muscles of the female are composed of fibers with small, medium, and large cross-sections. The distribution of the motor end plates varies correspondingly: in regions with fibers of very small diameter the density of synapses is about 33 times greater than in regions with large fibers. There is also a difference in fine structure between male and female laryngeal muscles. The muscles of females comprise red fibers, white fibers, and various transitional types. The arrangement of the triads and their number per sarcomere is the same in all fiber types. All fibers contain about the same amounts of glycogen, but the fat content varies widely among the different types.
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    Keywords: Synapses ; Embryo (Xenopus laevis) ; Spinal cord ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The rostro-caudal gradient of differentiation found in vertebrate embryos has been utilized to examine the sequence of synaptic junction development in the spinal cord of Xenopus laevis at a late embryonic stage. Uniform samples were taken at various points along the cord of a stage 27 embryo and examined in the electron microscope. The general ultrastructure of the cord demonstrated the rostro-caudal gradient of development. The sequence of synaptic junction development was like that in the cervical region (Hayes and Roberts, 1973). “Membrane-vesicle clusters” and “immature” synaptic junctions were found most caudally followed by synaptic junctions, first with cleft and subsynaptic membrane density, then with only cleft density and finally, most rostrally, with cleft, subsynaptic membrane, and subsynaptic cytoplasmic density. Mature synaptic junctions were found in increasing numbers from the mid to anterior trunk cord and could mediate alternating trunk flexions made by the embryos at this stage of development. “Membrane-vesicle clusters” were found near processes containing irregular vesicles and also near membrane outlines. These may be signs of dendritic growth. “Membrane-vesicle clusters” were also found in varicosities, facing the space around the spinal cord and in nerve fibres peripherally between the skin and myotomes. This suggests an association of early stages in synaptogenesis with axon growth. This and other possible inferences about axon and dendrite growth in relation to synaptogenesis are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 154 (1974), S. 265-274 
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    Keywords: Cell autolysis ; Deletion ; Planaria ; Acid phosphatase ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary Selective cell autolysis and deletion is described in the normal adult planarian. This appears to be a common feature and the sequence of events leading from cytoplasmic vesiculation and peripheral lysis to complete cellular breakdown is described. — In lysing cells acid phosphatase activity can be demonstrated in the cytoplasm as well as in lysosome like vacuoles and occasionally in the Golgi apparatus. The role of cell autolysis and deletion in tissue regulation is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 154 (1974), S. 379-398 
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    Keywords: Photoreceptors ; Polychaete ; Submicrovillar cisternae ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary The prostomium of Eulalia viridis has both microvillar and ciliary photoreceptors. The compound eyes each consist of a central lens surrounded by a layer of sensory and pigment cells. They resemble those of nereids, except that the lens is composed of vesiculated droplets produced by a specialized lenticular cell located in the cell layer surrounding the lens. Photoreceptoral microvilli of the sensory cell outer segments are underlain by “submicrovillar cisternae” (or SMC). The axial filament is ensheathed by part of the SMC complex. The sensory cells of the posterior photoreceptors are similar in cytology to those of the compound eyes but are not organized into “eyes”. Each ciliary photoreceptor unit consists of an extracellular vacuole bounded by a supporting cell and the ciliated terminal of a sensory cell dendrite which projects into the vacuole. They are similar to the ciliary photoreceptors of nereids. The discussion seeks to establish SMC as an important component of microvillar photoreceptors in polychaetes. SMC resemble subrhabdomeric cisternae of arthropod eyes and also lamellate structures found in photoreceptors of other animals. SMC are probably involved with the metabolism of photopigment.
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    Keywords: Infracerebral complex ; Polychaeta, Nereidae ; Neurosecretion ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary The infracerebral complex consists of: (a) two types of ependymoid infracerebral cells located on the ventral surface of the brain, adjacent to a coelomic sinus and blood vessels; (b) a noncellular stroma, the neural lamella, which separates the infracerebral cells from cerebral nervous tissue; (c) two types of cerebral neurosecretory endings (one with many mitochondria) which abut on the neural lamella opposite from the infracerebral cells. The infracerebral a cells become columnar and develop abundant apical caveolae and Golgi elements in older worms. The infracerebral b cells, filled with electron opaque granules, resemble neurosecretory cells; their axon-like processes contain microtubules and make synaptoid contacts with the neural lamella. Both cell types are present in young worms of about 10 segments but the b cells, relatively abundant in younger worms, are outnumbered by a cells in mature individuals. However, during reproductive development neither a nor b cells display any structural changes which would indicate that they represent glandular tissue. Basal processes originating both from a and b cells form entanglements which become progressively more intricate during maturation. Neurosecretory endings are present in 10-segment worms and become very numerous in mature worms but at no time do they penetrate the neural lamella and contact the infracerebral cells. It is unlikely that the infracerebral cells per se constitute a gland but they are strategically located to influence the release of hormones from neurosecretory endings.
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    Cell & tissue research 147 (1974), S. 169-181 
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    Keywords: Duodenum ; Guinea-pig ; Organ culture ; Fine structure ; Light- and Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The fine structure of adult guinea-pig duodenum maintained in organ culture for 24 to 48 hours has been analysed. During the first 24 hours, the absorptive cells of the villi remain unchanged with a normal distribution of their organelles. The undifferentiated cells of the crypts are generally well preserved but several zones exhibit cellular injury. After 48 hours, necrosis is present in the crypts and the absorptive cells of the villi show numerous signs of degeneration. Short time metabolic studies are possible with this model.
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    Cell & tissue research 149 (1974), S. 147-158 
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    Keywords: Skin ; Fish ; Salmon ; Microridges ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary Both the epidermis and dermis of the anadromous coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, have a full complement of the protective structures found in fish. The living epidermal surface is protected by mucous secretions which are prevented from ablation by the intricately patterned microridges of the surface keratinocytes, as seen by scanning electron microscopy. Bundles of filaments are dispersed throughout the keratinocytes but not to the extent that ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus are excluded. In the yearling salmon, the straight basal lamina of the embryo has changed to a convoluted border invaded by dermal reticular fibers. The complex dermis has an upper region of loosely organized collagen fibers, which is interspersed with fibroblasts and pigment cells, and a deeper, highly ordered zone of orthogonally arranged collagen. Coho salmon also have overlapping calcified scales that extend at an angle from the upper dermis to the epidermis and push an enclosing sheath of epidermal tissue with them to the skin's surface. The other major component of fish skin, the chromatophores, are discussed in an adjacent paper.
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    Cell & tissue research 150 (1974), S. 43-56 
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    Keywords: Purkinje fibres ; Avian heart ; Fine structure ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The subendocardial Purkinje fibres in the right atrium of the heart of the adult fowl were investigated by light and electron microscopy. The myofibrils often originate from the lateral cell membrane of the cells and show a spirally wound course. Their arrangement is obviously not random. In some Purkinje cells the absolute amount of myofibrils per cell is as large as in ordinary myocardial muscle cells. The sarcoplasmic reticulum is constituted by ramifying tubules. They are distributed throughout the entire Purkinje cell and contact the myofibrils, the mitochondria, and the cell membrane. At the cell membrane the sarcoplasmic reticulum forms terminal cisternae, which often possess an electron dense content. These terminal cisternae are apparently unrelated to the Z-discs of the myofibrils. The cytoplasmic organelles of the Purkinje cell are embedded in a network of ca. 100 Å thick filaments. It is assumed that these filaments are responsible for the maintenance of the arrangement of the cell organelles. Some Z-discs of the myofibrils of the Purkinje cells are up to 0.4 μm long. Axon terminals running between the Purkinje fibre and the fibrocytic envelope may lie only 150 Å from the fibrocytes. The fibrocytes are connected by tight junctions and desmosomes and contain fine filaments and microtubules. The possible implications of these findings are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 138 (1973), S. 299-314 
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    Keywords: Adenohypophysis ; Chicken ; Cytogenesis ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary In the chick embryo the first membrane-bound secretory granules occur in the cytoplasm of occasional cells in the cephalic lobe of pars distalis at the 7th day of incubation. On the 8th day most of the cells in both the cephalic and caudal lobes contain secretory granules that are variable in size, form and density. On the 9th day at least two types of glandular cells are distinguishable in the cephalic and in the caudal lobes; however, these cells are not comparable with those of the adult gland. Differentiation of acidophils and basophils occurs, apparently simultaneously, in 11-day embryos. The cells of the cephalic and caudal lobes are morphologically distinct from their first appearance. Thus it is concluded that these two lobes develop independently and differently from an early stage of ontogenesis. The secretory granules are formed in the Golgi area of the hypophysial cells after the 8th day of incubation. However, secretory material may be synthesized also by a process not involving the Golgi apparatus. Nerve fibers containing granules first appear in the superficial layer of the median eminence on the 8th embryonic day and by the 12th day three types of granules and two types of clear vesicles are identifiable.
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    Keywords: Sympathetic ganglion ; Granule-containing cells ; Synapses ; Three-dimensional analysis ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The surface of 4 granule-containing cells, in a cluster within the rat superior cervical ganglion, was studied by a serial sampling technique for electron microscopy. The result shows that all the 4 cells receive one, or three afferent synaptic boutons from the preganglionic fibers impinging upon their somata, and a somatic efferent synapse exists at two locations on each soma of the 2 of these cells. The postsynaptic element of the efferent synapse is observed to be represented by non-vesiculated and vesiculated segments of dendrites, soma and a possible axon collateral of the adrenergic principal neuron of the ganglion. There is a remarkably constant development of the attachment plaque between the granule-containing cells themselves, representing 1.7–2.3% of surface area for each cell. The surface area exposed to the extracellular space (covered only by a basal lamina) varies from 0.1 to 2.3% of the total perikaryal surface of the 4 cells. A tendency is noted that those cells without efferent synapses possess a more extensive area exposed to extracellular space than those forming somatic efferent synapse to the postganglionic elements.
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    Cell & tissue research 143 (1973), S. 117-133 
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    Keywords: Nervous system ; Ctenophores ; Intra-mesogleal nervous system ; Synapses ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Ultrastructural evidence is given of the occurrence of nervous elements in the mesoglea of Ctenophores based on the presence of the typical synapses of this phylum. In Beroids, nervous fibers from the ectodermal nerve-net cross the epithelial basal membrane and run through the mesoglea; they are devoid of any ensheathing cell. These neurites build highly differentiated synapses upon the muscles and upon peculiar cells, tentatively named mesenchymal cells. In Cydippids, nerve fibers and nerve cell-bodies have been observed in the mesoglea of the tentacles. The mesogleal core of each tentacle contains mesenchymal cells and a thick strand of neurons and neurites, forming a kind of elongated ganglion. Neurites of either the axial neurones or the epithelial nerve-net neurones form numerous radial nerve strands across the tentacular muscles. Interneural, neuro-muscular and neuro-mesenchymal junctions are very frequent in the tentacle. As far as the organization of the mesoglea is concerned, the Ctenophora thus appear closer to Turbellaria than to Cnidaria.
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    Cell & tissue research 136 (1973), S. 191-205 
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    Keywords: Thymus ; Fine structure ; Avian ; Gallus domesticus ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of the normal thymus of the young chicken (Gallus domesticus) is described. Four main cell types, lymphoid cells, epithelial cells, macrophages and myoid cells, can be distinguished. The lymphocytes are more numerous in the cortex than in the medulla, and are quantitatively the most important component of the thymus. The epithelial cells vary greatly in morphology. Reticular epithelial cells, which have long cytoplasmic processes connected by desmosomes, and which appear to afford a supporting network for the free cells of the thymus, are present in the cortex and medulla. Undifferentiated epithelial cells are present in the medulla and cortico-medullary regions and have few intracytoplasmic fibrils or desmosomes. Cystic epithelial cells, showing intercellular and intracellular cyst formation are frequent in the medulla. Also present in the medulla are squamous epithelial cells which contain many intracytoplasmic fibrils and have numerous desmosomes, and which are involved in the formation of Hassall's corpuscles. Macrophages are present in moderate numbers in the cortex and medulla, and immature and fully developed myoid cells are common in the medulla. Other cell types present include granule-containing cells with desmosomes, large pale cells with few cytoplasmic organelles, mast cells, plasma cells, red blood corpuscles and cells of the granular leukocyte series.
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    Cell & tissue research 136 (1973), S. 277-289 
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    Keywords: Protonephridial system ; Turbanella cornuta Remane (Gastrotricha) ; Cyrtocytes ; Fine structure ; Electron microscopy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Protonephridien des marinen Gastrotrichs Turbanella cornuta Remane werden elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Die Terminalapparate der Macrodasyoidea sind Cyrtocyten. Ein Reusenröhrchen besteht aus acht Längsstäben mit netzartigen Zwischenwänden aus dünnen Fibrillen. Im Lumen des Röhrchens schwingt eine Geißel. Die Wand eines Terminalbechers bildet ein zusätzliches Reusensystem, das mit Poren und Schlitzen versehen ist. Die drei bis vier Cyrtocyten eines Protonephridiums münden in eine Sammelzelle ein. Von dieser geht ein Exkretionsröhrchen mit Treibwimperflamme aus, welches von einer Ausleitungszelle gebildet wird. Die Cyrtocyten der beiden Gastrotrichenordnungen (Chaetonotoidea u. Macrodasyoidea) grenzen sich strukturell gegenüber bisher bekannten Formen dieses Zelltyps ab.
    Notes: Summary The protonephridial system of the marine gastrotrich Turbanella cornuta Remane was studied with the electron microscope. The terminal cells of the Macrodasyoidea are Cyrtocytes. Each tube for filtration consists of eight longitudinal rods with a net of fine fibrils between them; it contains a single whip. The wall of a terminal cup with its pores and slits is an additional system for filtration. Three or four filtration tubes are ending in a collecting cell. From this cell an excretory channel with one whip formed by an outlet cell arises. The filtration tubes of Macrodasyoidea are similar to those of Chaetonotoidea and differ from other forms of this cell-type.
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    Cell & tissue research 139 (1973), S. 369-396 
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    Keywords: Synapses ; Giant fibres ; Ventral nerve cord ; Lumbricus terrestris L. ; Electron microscopy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die proximalen Kollateralen der dorsalen Riesenfasern des Regenwurms wurden in Serienschnitten vom Soma bis zum Eintritt in die Riesenfaser verfolgt und im Hinblick auf ihre Feinstruktur und ihre synaptischen Kontakte Untersucht. Es finden sich sowohl chemische als auch elektrische Synapsen. Ihre Feinstruktur wird mit der bekannter Synapsen anderer Wirbellosen und Wirbeltiere verglichen. In beiden Riesenfasersystemen kommen efferente chemische Synapsen mit feinen postsynaptischen Verzweigungen vor, die anscheinend von Bauchmark-Motoneuronen stammen. Das Axon der medianen Riesenfaser weist darüber hinaus nur noch eine elektrische Synapse mit den Rieseninterneuronen auf. Demgegenüber erhalten die Kollateralen der lateralen Riesenfasern zahlreiche Afferenzen, die zum Teil als sensorische Fasern der Epidermis, multisegmentale Fasern der Hauptfaserzüge und Rieseninterneurone identifiziert werden konnten. Weitere Afferenzen stammen vermutlich von unisegmentalen Interneuronen her. Beide lateralen Riesenzellaxone bilden außerdem miteinander eine elektrische Chiasma-Synapse mit besonderen Membraneinfaltungen.
    Notes: Summary The proximal collaterals of the dorsal giant fibres of the earthworm were traced through serial sections from the cell bodies to the giant axons. Their structure and synaptic connections were examined. There are chemical as well as electrical synapses. Their fine structure is compared to that of other known invertebrate and vertebrate synapses. Both giant fibre systems have efferent chemical connections with thin postsynaptic arborizations which probably belong to ventral cord motoneurons. Moreover the median giant axon is connected by an electrical synapse with the giant interneurons. The lateral giant collaterals on the contrary receive many afferences through chemical synapses which were partly identified as sensory fibers from the epidermis, multisegmental axons from the main fibre bundles or giant interneurones. Other afferences probably come from unisegmental interneurones. In addition both lateral giant axons form an electrical chiasma synapse with special membrane folds.
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    Cell & tissue research 138 (1973), S. 455-474 
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    Keywords: Adenohypophysis ; Bird ; Prolactin cell ; Reproduction ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary The anterior pituitaries from a series of female White-crowned Sparrows,Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis, in the periods of oviposition, incubation, and brooding under natural conditions, have been investigated by electron microscopy. The prolactin cells occur in cephalic lobe and are characterized by large (ca. 300–600 mμ), polymorphic electron-dense secretory granules and an extremely well developed, lamellated endoplasmic reticulum. During incubation and brooding it is only these prolactin cells that are in an activated secretory phase, as indicated by increase in number and size, extremely well developed endoplasmic reticulum, decrease in number of mature secretory granules, and by active formation of granules in the enlarged Golgi apparatus. In the late stages of brooding, and post-breeding, the prolactin cells regress with involution of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, reaccumulation of granules, and the appearance of lysosomes. The gonadotropes of both the cephalic and caudal lobes undergo progressive morphologic changes through the course of the breeding period. They are numerous and active in the ovulating bird. They undergo gradual regression during the periods of incubation and brooding to become typical “broody” cells.
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    Cell & tissue research 141 (1973), S. 301-317 
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    Keywords: Cnidaria ; Nervous system ; Synapses
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    Notes: Summary The nervous system of juvenile and adult Ceriantheopsis americanus has been examined with the electron microscope. The nervous system is exclusively ectodermal, forming a plexus of fibres lying between the epithelium and the muscle layer. The plexus consists of three types of nerve fibre that vary in diameter from 0.1 to 20 μ, and a fourth type of fibre of uncertain nature. The reticulum, previously thought to be the ectodermal nervous system, is redescribed as the peduncles of epithelial supporting cells. Intraneural and neuromuscular synapses are described. About 97% of the interneural are polarized. The unpolarized synapses are a variety not previously described, consisting of a series of polarized zones, for which the name multipolarized synapse is proposed. Structurally, the interneural synapses are more complex than those previously seen in the Cnidaria. Presynaptic projections, periodic cleft densities, and a postsynaptic web are described. By contrast, the neuromuscular synapses bear no membrane specializations. On the basis of observed synaptic interactions of its components a preliminary model of the functional organization of the nervous system is proposed.
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    Cell & tissue research 136 (1973), S. 579-590 
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    Keywords: Caddisfly larvae ; Abdominal chloride epithelia ; Fine structure ; Histochemical chloride localization ; Electrolyte transport ; Osmoregulation
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    Notes: Summary The larvae of the caddisfly Anabolia nervosa Curt. (Limnephilidae) possess 10 fields on the dorsal and ventral sides of the 3rd to 7th abdominal segments, which were formerly regarded as specialized sites of respiration. The epithelial fine structure and histochemical localization of chloride unequivocally show that the main function of these sites is the transport of electrolytes. They probably participate in osmoregulation by the absorption of salt. Therefore, these specialized areas of the hypodermis are termed chloride epithelia.
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    Cell & tissue research 137 (1973), S. 177-194 
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    Keywords: Thyroid gland (Salamander) ; Epithelial cells ; Fine structure ; Vacuolar bodies ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The thyroid gland of adult salamanders, Hynobius nebulosus, in the breeding season was studied by electron microscopy. The follicular cells are different in cell height and fine structures; the taller cells with many cell organelles and granules and the lower cells with a few cell organelles and granules are both present in the same follicle. In the cytoplasm, three types of membrane-bounded granules, namely, cytosomes, colloid droplets, and vacuolar bodies and circular membrane complexes occur. The vacuolar bodies are subdivided into two types; the ordinary type having loosely distributed particles and the specific type containing tubules and/or closely packed filaments, crystalloid structures, except for the particles. The chromophobe colloids within the Bensley-cells correspond to extremely large, ordinary type vacuolar bodies, while the Langendorff-colloid cells possess increased numbers of granular cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum and a ribosome-rich, dense cytoplasmic matrix but not extremely large colloid. The intracytoplasmic circular membrane complexes appear in the Golgi area of cytosome-rich cells. It is suggested that they originate from the Golgi apparatus which was activated to produce many cytosomes. Intranuclear inclusions consisting of microtubules and filaments and tight junctions between two adjacent lateral plasma membranes are occasionally encountered.
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    Cell & tissue research 140 (1973), S. 389-399 
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    Keywords: Muscle tissue ; Tardigrada ; Fine structure ; Polarisation and Electron microscopy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Muskelzellen des Pharynx-Bulbus der Tardigraden Macrobiotus hufelandi und Milnesium tardigradum sind bis zu 15 μm lang und bilden zwischen Basalmembran und cuticularer Intima des Lumens ein einschichtiges Epithel. Die Grenzen zwischen den Nachbarzellen zeigen einen geschwungenen Verlauf. Das Sarcolemm stülpt sich tief zwischen die Myofribrillen ein und bildet ein ausgeprägtes E-System, mit dem das sarcoplasmatische Reticulum unter Bildung von Diaden und Triaden korrespondiert. Die Myofibrillen verlaufen radial. Die dünnen Filamente entspringen am inneren und äußeren Sarcolemm aus hemidesmosomenartigen Strukturen in Form dichter Bündel, die sich im mittleren Teil der Fibrille, der dicke und dünne Filamente enthält, erweitern. Maximal 11 dünne Filamente konnten um die nicht immer streng hexagonal angeordneten dicken Filamente herum gezählt werden. Wie polarisationsmikroskopisch bestätigt werden konnte, besitzt jede Myofibrille eine breite A-Zone in der Mitte und an ihren Enden je eine schmalere I-Zone. Eine H-Zone ist undeutlich. Jeder Myofibrille kann der funktionelle und morphologische Wert einer Sarcomere zugeschrieben werden. Die Bedeutung dieser Befunde für die Evolution der Tardigraden wird diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary The muscle cells of the pharyngeal bulb of tardigrades Macrobiotus hufelandi and Milnesium tardigradum are up to 15 μm long and form a single layer between the basal lamina and the cuticle-coated lumen. The boundaries between adjacent cells are sinuous. The sarcolemma invaginates between the myofibrils whereby a marked E-system is formed. The sarcoplasmic reticulum is associated to the latter, constituting diads and triads. The myofibrils run radially. Thin filaments originate from hemidesmosome-like structures at the inner and outer sarcolemma in dense bundles which widen in the middle part of the fibrils. Each fibril contains thick and thin filaments in this region. As many as 11 thin filaments could be counted around a thick filament. The latter are not always arranged hexagonally. As it is confirmed by polarisation microscopy each myofibril has a wide A-Zone in the middle which is flanked by shorter I-zones. An H-zone is marked but indistinctly. Each myofibril is interpreted to have the functional and morphological equivalent to one sarcomere. The relevance of these findings in the evolution of Tardigrada is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 146 (1973), S. 297-307 
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    Keywords: Adrenal cortex ; Prostaglandins E1 and E2 ; Fine structure ; Light and electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Histological and fine structural studies of adrenal cortices were performed on male Sprague-Dawley rats which had been given intravenous injections of prostaglandin E1 or E2. It was found that there were increased numbers of intracellular lipid droplets, free ribonucleoprotein particles, cholesterol ester clefts and coated vesicles of both the small and large varieties. A reorganization of the internal mitochondrial membranes and the appearance of protrusions of parenchymal cytoplasm into the sinusoidal lumina accompanied by vasodilation were also observed. These alterations are not typical of those observed following exogenous ACTH administration and are therefore considered to be prostaglandin-induced.
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    Keywords: Branchial gland ; Cephalopoda ; Fine structure ; Hemocyanin ; Histochemistry ; Electron microscopy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Licht- und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an der Branchialdrüse verschiedener Cephalopoden (Sepia officinalis, Octopus vulgaris, Loligo vulgaris, Eledone moschata) zeigen, daß das Drüsengewebe des stark vaskularisierten Organs aus einem sekretorisch aktiven Zelltypus mit ausgeprägtem endoplasmatischen Retikulum besteht. In den Zisternen des endoplasmatischen Retikulums lassen sich granuläre und ringförmige Strukturen (Durchmesser: 45–65 Å und 170 Å) nachweisen, die in Größe und Gestalt mit den Hämocyanin-Einheiten in den Gefäßen und Lakunen übereinstimmen und durch randlichen Zerfall der Zellen in den Blutraum auszuwandern scheinen. Die histochemischen Untersuchungen ergeben eine positive Reaktion für Monoaminoxydase, aber vergleichsweise geringe Phosphatase- und Dehydrogenase-Aktivitäten. Diese Befunde sowie der histochemisch nachgewiesene hohe Kupfergehalt des Drüsengewebes sprechen für eine hämopoetische, d.h. hämocyaninbildende Funktion der Kiemendrüse.
    Notes: Summary Light and electron microscopic investigations on the branchial gland of different Cephalopoda (Sepia officinalis, Octopus vulgaris, Loligo vulgaris, Eledone moschata) show that the gland tissue, strongly vascularized, consists of an actively secreting cell type with a remarkable endoplasmatic reticulum. In the cisternae of the endoplasmatic reticulum granular and ring-shaped structures can be identified (diameter: 45–65 Å and 170 Å) which correspond in size and shape with the hemocyanin units in the vessels and lacunae and which seem to emigrate into the blood space caused by the peripheral decay of the cells. Histochemical investigations show a positive reaction for monoaminoxidase, but comparatively low phosphatase and dehydrogenase activities. These results, and also the high content of histochemically identified copper in the gland tissue, seem to indicate a hemopoetic, i.e. hemocyanin-forming function for the branchial gland.
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    Cell & tissue research 137 (1973), S. 223-250 
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    Keywords: Nervous system ; Ctenophores ; Nerve-net, Nervous concentration ; Synapses ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary A subectodermal nerve-net is demonstrated in ten species of Ctenophores by means of either Methylene Blue vital staining or silver impregnation. There is no evidence of subendodermal nerve-net. The ectodermal nerve-net displays a characteristic polygonal pattern which is thought to result from morphogenetic events. Both bipolar and tripolar neurones occur. Three types of concentrations of nervous tissue are described: a) a high accumulation of nervous perikarya at the aboral sensory pole; b) a noticeable densification of the net along the eight meridional ciliary strands of every species, and around the lips of Beroidea; c) in the Cydippids Pleurobrachia and Hormiphora two thick strands of fibers and neurones interconnecting the aboral organ and the tentacles: the tentacular nerves. Ultrastructural evidence is given for the presence of nervous elements under and amidst ectodermal epithelial cells. Three features allow the recognition and characterization of neurites and neurones: a) numerous clear and/or granulated vesicles; b) microtubules in variable amounts; c) frequent and highly differentiated synaptic contacts. The very peculiar arrangement of the presynaptic elements is observed in all the species of Ctenophores so far studied. These synaptic contacts suggest chemical transmission in the nerve-net. On the basis of ultrastructural evidence the author refutes the nervous nature previously attributed to the ciliated cells of the meridional grooves. A parallel is drawn between nervous systems of Cnidaria and Ctenophora.
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    Cell & tissue research 140 (1973), S. 25-37 
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    Keywords: Heart innervation (Turtle) ; Monomamine-containing cells ; Synapses ; Fluorescence and electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Fluorescence and electron microscopy of the turtle heart indicates the presence of monoamine-containing, granulated cells in the wall of venous sinus and near the openings of the aortic trunks. These cells occur in clusters and are always in association with nerve fibers and/or ganglion cells within the turtle heart. Vesiculated axon terminals make a synaptic contact with the cytolemma of the granulated cell which in turn makes a synapse to the processes from the other granulated cell and to the cardiac nerve fibers. The close contact occurs also between the granulated cell process and the smooth muscle cell membrane in the wall of large vessels. The granulated cell has no special relationship to the blood capillaries. The significance of these results is discussed in relation to nervous control of the cardiac activity of the turtle.
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    Cell & tissue research 140 (1973), S. 203-216 
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    Keywords: Synapses ; Development ; Chick embryo ; Cell culture ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The formation and development of synaptic contacts between dissociated chick spinal cord neurons has been investigated. By the 6th day in vitro “immature” profiles with few vesicles were observed. By 14–18 days “mature” types with numerous vesicles were found, indistinguishable from those of newly hatched chick spinal cord. After this period degeneration occurred, and was especially marked in the post-synaptic element. Such degeneration could be postponed by the addition of small numbers of somatic muscle cells. The Kanaseki and Kadota (1969) technique was applied to the study of coated vesicles at various stages of synaptic development.
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    Cell & tissue research 141 (1973), S. 223-233 
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    Keywords: Laryngeal muscles ; Tree Frog, Hyla aborea arborea (L.) ; Fine structure ; Motor endplates ; Electron microscopy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Um Hinweise auf die Funktion des Kehlkopfes bei der Rufabgabe zu bekommen, führten wir eine vergleichende elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung an den vier Kehlkopfmuskeln rufaktiver Laubfrösche durch. Zum weiteren Vergleich studierten wir auch einen Extremitätenmuskel. Die Kehlkopfmuskeln sind untereinander gleich gebaut, unterscheiden sich aber in mehrfacher Hinsicht vom Extremitätenmuskel: Ihre Myofibrillen sind nur ein Drittel so dick. Die Kehlkopfmuskeln enthalten sehr viele, auffallend große und dichte Mitochondrien; das sarcoplasmatische Retikulum ist mächtig entwickelt. Sie enthalten außerdem sehr viel Fett, das stets mit den Mitochondrien assoziiert ist. In beiden Muskeltypen kommt Glykogen vor; seine Menge ist in den Kehlkopfmuskeln jedoch größer als im Extremitätenmuskel. Die Zahl der motorischen Endplatten ist in den Kehlkopfmuskeln 25 mal höher als im M. plantaris longus. Die Zahl der Triaden pro Sarcomer und ihre Anordnung ist bei den beiden Muskeltypen gleich. Die Kehlkopfmuskeln winterstarrer Hyla-Männchen unterscheiden sich in ihrem Feinbau und Fettgehalt nicht von den Muskeln rufaktiver Tiere.
    Notes: Summary In order to obtain information on the function of the larynx during vocalization, a comparative electron microscopic study was made of the four laryngeal muscles of male tree frogs druing their vocalizing phase. A skeletal muscle (m. plantaris longus) was examined for comparison. The fine structure of the laryngeal muscles is uniform, but differs from skeletal muscles in several respects: the diameter of the myofibrils of the laryngeal muscles is only 1/3 that of the skeletal muscle. They contain many strikingly large and dense mitochondria. There is a strongly developed sarcoplasmic reticulum. Laryngeal muscles contain large quantities of fat which is always associated with mitochondria. Laryngeal muscles contain more glycogen than skeletal muscle. The number of motor endplates in laryngeal muscles is 25 times larger than in m. plantaris longus. The number of triads per sarcomere and their location is the same in both types of muscle. The laryngeal muscles of hibernating and active tree frogs do not show any difference with respect to fine structure and amount of fat.
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    Cell & tissue research 123 (1972), S. 121-152 
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    Keywords: Colloblasts ; Tentacles ; Ctenophore ; Fine structure
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    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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    Cell & tissue research 127 (1972), S. 240-257 
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    Keywords: Insects ; Brain ; Corpora pedunculata ; α-lobe ; Synapses
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Organisation der α-Loben der Pilzkörper im Gehirn von Acheta domesticus L. wird nach licht- und elektronenmikroskopischen Befunden beschrieben. Der säulenartige Faserkomplex des α-Lobus besteht aus Fortsätzen von Pilzkörperzellfasern (intrinsischen Fasern, IF) und pilzkörperfremden Fasern (extrinsischen Fasern, EF), die in den Lobus eindringen. Die feinen IF durchziehen den Lobus hauptsächlich parallel zu seiner Längsachse, während die EF zumeist senkrecht zur Längsachse angeordnet sind. Der Lobus erscheint von seiner Peripherie bis zu seinem Zentrum durch IF-Zonen gegliedert. Die Verteilung der EF weist auf eine zusätzliche Ordnung von der Basis zur Spitze des Lobus hin. Zahlreiche polarisierte Synapsen verbinden IF mit EF. Die IF zeigen Vesikelanhäufungen und präsynaptische Apparate besonders in Erweiterungen, die auch in Golgi-Präparaten lichtmikroskopisch zu sehen sind. Es werden zwei EF-Typen unterschieden: 1. Postsynaptische EF (zahlreich) und 2. EF mit prä- und postsynaptischen Kontakten, die nur in einigen Regionen des α-Lobus gefunden wurden. Präsynaptische IF konvergieren auf „dendritische“ EF, die Verbindungen mit anderen Teilen des Hirns und des Nervensystems herstellen. Funktionelle Gesichtspunkte werden diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary The organization of the α-lobes of the corpora pedunculata in the brain of the cricket Acheta domesticus L. has been investigated in the light and electron microscopes. The cylindrical fibre complex is composed of branches of “mushroom-body” fibres (intrinsic fibres) and extrinsic fibres, which penetrate the α-lobe. Intrinsic fibres (IF) run through the α-lobe in the same direction, but not strictly parallel to each other or to the axis of the α-lobe. Extrinsic fibres (EF) and their fine branches are often arranged perpendicular to the axis of the α-lobe. There is some evidence that different IF zones occur in the α-lobe when passing from its periphery to its centre. The distribution of EF may reflect a structural order when passing from the base of the lobe to its top. Numerous polarized synapses connect the IF with the EF. The IF show clusters of vesicles and presynaptic figures especially in their “blebs”, which can be seen in Golgi preparations for light microscopy. Two types of EF are distinguished on the basis of their synaptic junctions: (1) postsynaptic EF (abundant) and (2) EF with pre- and postsynaptic sites (perhaps restricted to some regions of the α-lobe). Presynaptic IF converge on EF, which may transfer excitation from the α-lobe to different parts of the brain and nervous system.
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    Keywords: Synapses ; Crustacea ; Abdominal Ganglia ; Lateral glant fibers ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The abdominal ganglia of the crayfish Astacus pallipes contain numerous vertebrate-like synapses which are characterized by presynaptic vesicles, darkened pre- and post-synaptic membranes, cleft material, and post-synaptic “fuzz”. Such synapses occur throughout the ganglia but are most easily found dorsally, where the neuropile is relatively coarse. The neuropile is far from homogeneous. Regional variations in fiber size, in degree of profile tortuosity, and in kind, magnitude, and distribution of vesicular content result in conspicuous textural variations. The structural polarity of synapses between the lateral giant fibers and other neurons is consistent with known physiological polarity and, hence, validates our criteria for recognition of synapses within the ganglion.
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    Cell & tissue research 131 (1972), S. 27-30 
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    Keywords: Atrial muscle ; Fine structure ; Triparanol
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    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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    Cell & tissue research 133 (1972), S. 119-130 
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    Keywords: Renal tubules ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Fine structure ; Localization of adenosine triphosphatase
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Studie behandelt die Lokalisation von Adenosintriphosphatase an den Feinstrukturen der Malpighischen Gefäße der Larven von Drosophila melanogaster. In den Zellen des Anfangs- und Hauptstückes zeigt sich zum Lumen hin eine Aktivitätszunahme des Enzyms. Es kommt nicht frei im Cytoplasma vor, sondern ist stets an Membranstrukturen gebunden; man findet es am basalen Plasmalemm mit seinen Einfaltungen, am endoplasmatischen Retikulum, an Vesikeln, in multivesikulären Körpern und — besonders deutlich — an den Membranen der Mikrovilli, die in das Gefäßlumen hineinragen. Die Ergebnisse werden in einem Schema (Abb. 5b, c) wiedergegeben und mit den Befunden der Na+-Lokalisation (Wessing und Eichelberg, 1972b) verglichen.
    Notes: Summary This paper describes the localization of adenosine triphosphatase within certain ultrastructural elements of the cells of the initial and main regions of the Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. In both regions, an increased activity is observed towards the lumen. The enzyme is always related to such membrane structures as the basement membrane (especially its infolds), vesicles, multivesicular bodies, and densely to microvilli which projects towards the lumen of the renal tubules. The results (presented in a schematic drawing in Fig. 5b and c) are discussed in relation to those on Na+-localization (Wessing and Eichelberg, 1972b).
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    Cell & tissue research 132 (1972), S. 403-416 
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    Keywords: Larval cuticle ; Blaberus trapezoideus ; Fine structure ; Epicuticle ; Pore and wax canals ; Stereoscan
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Feinstruktur der frischgehäuteten larvalen Cuticula vonBlaberus trapezoideus BURM. wurde mit verschiedenen elektronenmikroskopischen Methoden im Hinblick auf ihre Permeabilitätseigenschaften untersucht. Von besonderem Interesse waren in diesem Zusammenhang der Aufbau der Epicuticula sowie der Verlauf und die Verteilung der Poren- und Wachskanäle. Die Epicuticula setzt sich aus 4 Lagen zusammen: aus der im vorliegenden Fall lamelliertendichten Schicht, derCuticulinschicht, derWachsschicht und derZementschicht. Die Cuticulinschicht, die ein polygonales Oberflächenmuster trägt, wird von den Wachskanälen durchdrungen. Die Wachskanäle entspringen im apikalen Bereich der Procuticula aus den Porenkanälen. Letztere verlaufen bogenförmig durch die procuticulären Lamellen bis zur Epidermis. Die möglichen Funktionen dieses Kanalsystems, das Epidermis und Außenwelt verbindet, werden diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary The fine structure of newly moulted larval cuticles ofBlaberus trapezoideus BURM. was investigated by various electron microscopical techniques in regard to properties of its permeability. The morphology of the epieuticle and pore and wax canals as well as their course and distribution were elucidated. The epicuticle is composed of four layers: (1) the lamellate dense layer, (2) the cuticulin layer, (3) the wax layer, and (4) the cement layer. The cuticulin layer, which shows a polygonal surface pattern, is penetrated by the wax canals arising from the blind ends of the pore canals in the apical region of the procuticle. The pore canals take a winding course through the procuticular lamellae to the epidermis. The functions of this canal system connecting, the internal and external faces of the cuticle are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 125 (1972), S. 415-431 
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    Keywords: Synapses ; Rat ; Cerebral cortex ; Glutaraldehyde/E-PTA ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Synaptic junctions in intact rat cerebral cortex have been examined following glutaraldehyde fixation and phosphotungstic acid (PTA) staining. In the presynaptic ending the network has a hexagonal arrangement, while the dense projections are regularly placed along the presynaptic membrane. Cleft densities occupy the intracleft region. The postsynaptic thickening extends uninterrupted along the length of the junction. Qualitatively, the majority of junctions fall into the ‘discontinuous-continuous’ category, in which the internal coat of the presynaptic membrane together with its associated dense projections is discontinuous along the length of the junction, whereas the postsynaptic thickening is continuous. By contrast, a small number of junctions are ‘continuous-continuous’. In an attempt to analyze the junctions quantitatively, nine indices were measured. Histograms of the size distributions of seven of these appear to be bimodal, and from this it is concluded that two junction populations may be distinguishable on quantitative grounds. It is also shown that the distance separating dense projections at the presynaptic membrane is of the order of 10–15 nm. This surprisingly low value has consequences for current ideas on the relationship between synaptic vesicles and dense projections, and these are discussed at length.
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    Cell & tissue research 125 (1972), S. 432-447 
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    Keywords: Synaptosomes ; Synapses ; Rat ; Cerebral cortex ; Glutaraldehyde/E-PTA
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    Notes: Summary Working with glutaraldehyde fixed, PTA stained rat cerebral cortex, the authors compared the ultrastructural features of synaptosomes with those of intact synaptic junctions. In general there is close correspondence between the two, although the cleft densities and postsynaptic focal densities of synaptosomes show a greater degree of focalization than their counterparts in synaptic junctions. The dense projections have similar profiles in both preparations, but are more difficult to distinguish clearly in synaptosomes on account of the closer packing of the presynaptic network around their apices. The limiting membrane of the presynaptic terminal is usually visible in synaptosomes, but not in synaptic junctions. Comparing the preparations quantitatively reinforces the qualitative findings, and points to their overall similarity. However a number of the indices in synaptosomes are significantly smaller than the corresponding ones in synaptic junctions, and this points to the operation of a shrinkage factor during fractionation procedures. This is confined to the pre- and post-synaptic components and does not affect the intervening contact region. Histograms of the size distributions of the indices are similar to those obtained for intact synaptic junctions, the majority displaying two peaks. It is concluded that synaptosomes accurately reproduce the major ultrastructural features of synaptic junctions.
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    Cell & tissue research 127 (1972), S. 189-200 
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    Keywords: Crustacean ; Muscle ; Nerve ; Blood vessel ; Synapses
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    Notes: Summary Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were employed to study the innervation and vascular supply of crayfish skeletal muscle. Blood vessels and nerve terminals identified by TEM were often closely associated. Synaptic regions of the nerve terminals were always located under sarcolemma and contained both dense-cored and agranular synaptic vesicles. Axo-axonal synapses of several different types were observed. Blood vessels consisted of several “vessel cells” or “supporting cells” enclosing a lumen, which was connected to the exterior by fine channels between the “supporting cells”. SEM of whole freeze-dried muscles revealed two types of ramifying structure, which often ran in parallel over the muscle surface. One, identified as nerve, was more cylindrical and had a smoother surface than the other, which was identified as blood vessel. Fine nerve branches disappeared under the sarcolemma, probably near synaptic regions, but synapses could not be seen. Blood vessels also had fine terminations which merged into the sarcolemma.
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    Cell & tissue research 130 (1972), S. 362-377 
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    Keywords: Lorenzinian ampullae ; Polyodon spathula ; Sensory epithelium ; Synapses ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Light and electron microscopic observations on the ampullary organs of Polyodon spathula (Chondrostei, Osteichthyes) reveal a sensory epithelium similar to that found in the Lorenzinian ampulla, an electroreceptor found in marine Elasmobranchs. The sensory cells have a very small luminal part provided with a cilium. They are innervated by many nerve endings. Each nerve fibre apparently makes synaptic contact with several sensory cells. The synaptic structure in the sensory cell is composed of a flat sheet, the outermost part of which is surrounded by 3 or 4 annuli of densely staining material. The sheet extends into a protrusion of the sensory cell, and there is a corresponding invagination in the nerve terminal. The conclusion that these organs are electroreceptors, is supported by the finding that the fish responds to the introduction of an iron tube in the aquarium, whereas a wooden rod introduced in the same way causes no response.
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    Cell & tissue research 130 (1972), S. 481-488 
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    Keywords: Limulus heart ; Neurogenic heart ; Neuromuscular junctions ; Synapses
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructural characteristics of the neuromuscular junctions were studied in the neurogenic heart of Limulus polyphemus. Several types were encountered. The first type consisted of nerve terminals which synapsed along the borders of the myocardial fibers, embedded just under the sarcolemma. A second type of terminal was ensheathed in glial cells, synapsing on the outer sarcolemmal membrane. The third, and most prevalent type of junction consisted of terminals which synapsed with arms of granular sarcoplasm, remote from the fibrillar portion of the muscle fibers. Junctional complexes of the third type were often observed near intercalated discs and were often formed by several axons synapsing with arms of sarcoplasm from several muscle fibers. The results are discussed in relation to the previously reported electrophysiological characteristics of the neuromuscular junctions.
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    Cell & tissue research 129 (1972), S. 320-327 
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    Keywords: Yolk platelet ; Amphibian embryo ; Fine structure ; Cell organelle
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    Notes: Summary Three heretofore undescribed types of yolk platelets are described from embryos of Xenopus laevis. The first (designated the multiple main-body platelet) is characterized by the occurrence of numerous randomly oriented small main-body crystals embedded in the noncrystalline superficial layer material. The second is characterized by the occurrence of a main-body crystal with an extremely irregular profile. The main-body element of the third platelet type (designated the cavitated main-body platelet) invariably shows little or no evidence of crystalline substructure and contains numerous internal cavities.
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    Cell & tissue research 123 (1972), S. 411-424 
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    Keywords: Compound eyes ; Insecta ; Stylops spec. ; Fine structure
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Unter den Cornealinsen des Komplexauges von Stylops befindet sich ein „Kristallkegel“ vom pseudoconen Typ, der von zahlreichen Pigmentzellen umhüllt wird. An seinem proximalen Ende liegen 6 meist pigmentfreie Zellen (Sempersche Zellen). Das Ommatidium besteht aus etwa 60 Retinulazellen. Ihre distal kranzartig miteinander verbundenen Mikrovillisäume bilden ein einziges „offenes“ Rhabdom, das extrazelluläres (?) granuläres Material und die Basis der Semperschen Zellen umgibt. Stellenweise wird das Rhabdom samt granulärem Material von homogen erscheinenden distalen Ausläufern einzelner Retinulazellen überlagert. Proximad „zerfällt“ das Rhabdom zunehmend in kleinere Rhabdomteile. Im zentralen Teil des Ommatidiums liegen 1–2 auffallend große Retinulazellen, die meist weniger elektronendicht erscheinen und kleinere Pigmentgrana haben. Die einzelnen Ommatidien werden von ungemein zahlreichen, sehr pigmentarmen Stützzellen umhüllt. Diese werden — wie die basalen Teile der Retinulazellen — teilweise durch Gliazellfortsätze isoliert. Bei Stylops, einem Vertreter der Strepsipteren, handelt es sich nicht um „ocelläre Komplexaugen“ (Strohm, 1910), auch nicht um eucone Ommatidien (Kinzelbach, 1967), sondern um Ommatidien vom pseudoconen Typ. Zumindest der Bau des Rhabdoms ähnelt dem des Larvenauges (Stemma), dessen rezeptorischer Teil entgegen den Annahmen früherer Autoren in der Imago nicht reduziert wird.
    Notes: Summary In the compound eye of Stylops a “crystalline cone” of the pseudocone type is found beneath the corneal lens. It is enveloped by several pigment cells. At the proximal part of the cone there are 6 cells (Semper cells) mostly pigment-free. The ommatidium consists of approximately 60 retinula cells. Their rhabdomeres distally rim-like connected to another form a single “open” rhabdom which encircles extracellular granular material as well as the bases of the Semper cells. Here and there the rhabdom plus granular material is overlain with distal protrusions of single retinula cells which appear to be homogeneous. Towards the proximal part the rhabdom increasingly divides up into smaller rhabdomal segments. One or two conspicuous large retinula cells were found in the central part of the ommatidium, appearing to be less electron-dense and containing pigment granules of a smaller size. Each ommatidium is surrounded by numerous cells (Stützzellen) lacking in pigment. These cells are partially insulated from another—as well as the basal parts of retinula cells—by protrusions of glia cells. Our investigations show that the eyes of Stylops (as a representative of Strepsiptera) are not of the “ocellar complex eye” type. At least the structure of the rhabdom resembles to that of the larval eye (stemma), the receptor part of which is not reduced in the imago.
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    Cell & tissue research 126 (1972), S. 278-296 
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    Keywords: Anura ; Pineal organ ; Synapses ; Acetylcholinesterase
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung In der Epiphyse von Bombina kommen durch „synaptic ribbons“ gekennzeichnete Synapsen und konventionelle Synapsen vor. Bei den „ribbon“-Synapsen handelt es sich um axodendritische und axosomatische Formen. Die axodendritischen „ribbon“-Synapsen lassen sich aufgrund der Zahl der Dendriten und der „synaptic ribbons“ in 2 Typen gliedern. Es kommen Dendriten vor, die nacheinander in „ribbon“-Synapsen und konventionelle Synapsen einbezogen sind. Neben konventionellen und durch „ribbons“ gekennzeichneten synaptischen Verbindungen finden sich weitere Kontakte zwischen Sinnes- und Nervenzellen und Interrezeptorkontakte, die jedoch beide nicht als echte Synapsen angesprochen werden können. Anhand der Befunde zur Synaptologie werden Probleme der neuronalen Schaltung der Epiphyse diskutiert. Beim Acetylcholinesterase-Nachweis findet sich das Reaktionsprodukt vor allem in den Neuropilzonen der Epiphyse. Eine eindeutige Zuordnung zu Fortsätzen bestimmter Zelltypen ist nicht möglich. Das Ergebnis des Acetylcholinesterase-Nachweises in der Epiphyse wird mit entsprechenden Befunden in anderen Bereichen des ZNS und in der Netzhaut verglichen.
    Notes: Summary Both conventional and ribbon synapses occur in the pineal organ of Bombina. Ribbon synapses are both axodendritic and axosomatic. Two axodendritic types can be distinguished on the basis of the number of dendrites and synaptic ribbons. Both conventional and ribbon synapses can be formed with the same dendrite. Other contacts, which cannot be classified as true synapses, are also found between sensory cells and nerve cells and likewise between sensory cells. The synaptology of the pineal organ permits a discussion of the problems of its neurocircuitry. Products of the acetylcholinesterase reaction occur mainly in the plexiform layer of the pineal organ. It is not possible to correlate the reaction products with definite cell types. The results of the acetylcholinesterase reaction in the pineal is compared with corresponding findings in other parts of the CNS and in the retina of the lateral eyes.
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    Cell & tissue research 126 (1972), S. 206-222 
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    Keywords: Cercus ; Contact chemoreceptors ; Fine structure ; Gryllus bimaculatus (Insects)
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 1. Der größte Anteil der Sinneshaare auf den Cerci von Gryllus besteht aus kurzen Borstenhaaren. Bei diesen lassen sich dicke und dünne Borstenhaare unterscheiden. 2. Im allgemeinen gehören zu jedem dicken Borstenhaar 2–3, zu jedem dünnen Borstenhaar 5–6 Sinneszellen. 3. Anzahl und Anordnung der Hüllzellen sind bei dicken und dünnen Borstenhaaren gleich. Jedem Haar sind außer einer Gliazelle (=Sinneszellhüllzelle) drei Hüllzellen zugeordnet. 4. Bei beiden Haartypen ist in einer der Sinnescilien direkt unterhalb der Haarbasis ein kleiner Tubularkörper ausgebildet. Alle Sinnescilien verlaufen von einer cuticularen Scheide umhüllt bis zur Spitze des Haares. Dort kleidet die cuticulare Scheide einen Porus aus, über den die Distalenden der Ciliarstrukturen Kontakt nach außen haben. Der Porendurchmesser beträgt bei dicken Borstenhaaren ca. 2000 Å, bei dünnen ca. 3500 Å. 5. Elektrophysiologische Befunde an morphologisch ähnlich gebauten Insektensensillen lassen uns annehmen, daß die kurzen Borstenhaare von Gryllus Kontaktchemorezeptoren (=Schmeckhaare) sind, die gleichzeitig mechanische Reize wahrnehmen können.
    Notes: Summary 1. Most part the sensory hairs on the cercus of Gryllus are short bristles, of thick and thin types. 2. Generally 2 or 3 sensory cells are associated with each thick bristle, whereas there are 5 or 6 sensory cells with each thin bristle. 3. The number and arrangement of the enveloping cells of thick and thin bristles are the same: each consists of one glial cell (=“Sinneszellhüllzelle”) and of three enveloping cells. 3. In both types of short bristles one of the ciliary structures contains a small tubular body just below the base of the hair. All ciliary structures within the cuticular sheath run to the tip of the hair. There is a distal pore, the inner surface of which is formed by the cuticular sheath and through which the distal ends of the ciliary structures are exposed to the atmosphere. The diameter of the pore in the thick bristles is about 2000 Å. In the thin bristles it is about 3500 Å. 4. The results of electrophysiological investigations of hairs of similar structure lead to the assumption that the short bristles are both contact chemoreceptors (=taste hairs) and mechanoreceptors.
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    Cell & tissue research 132 (1972), S. 533-551 
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    Keywords: Aquatic insect larvae ; Tracheal gills: Chloride cells ; Fine structure ; Taxonomic distribution ; Salt absorption, osmoregulation ; Histochemical precipitation of sodium and chloride
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    Notes: Summary The tracheal gills of 16 species of mayfly larvae were studied with regard to the chloride cells. The ephemerid chloride cells occur as two main types: single cells and cell complexes. The single chloride cells are characterized by deep tubular or slit-like infoldings of the apical cell membrane, whereas the chloride cell complexes show numerous intercellular channels resulting from cellular interdigitation at the basolateral side. According to the structural organization of the apices, the ephemerid chloride cells may be classified into caviform, coniform, bulbiform and filiform types. In the caviform type (single chloride cell), the apex retracts to form an apical cavity similar to teleost chloride cells. In the other types (chloride cell complexes), there is a progressive extension of the central cell apex into or beyond the cuticle in the form of cones, bulbs or filaments. The common feature of all types is the differentiation of the cuticle into thin porous plates or envelopes covering or surrounding the various forms of apices. Histochemical precipitation of sodium and chloride in the apical region suggests that all types have basically the same function of salt absorption. The population of the various types differs with the species. However, there seem to be some taxonomic regularities with respect to the families. No relation was found between the types of chloride cells and habitat of the species.
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    Cell & tissue research 131 (1972), S. 1-14 
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    Keywords: Heart ; Teleost ; Cardiac muscle ; Myocardial cells ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary Tissue from the four chambers of the heart of the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa, L.) has been examined in the electron microscope in order to describe the morphology of the heart at a fine structural level. The sinus venosus is a thin walled chamber between 60–90 μ thick consisting of a connective tissue matrix in which are situated the plexus of the parasympathetic cardiac ganglion and localised bundles of myocardial cells. The myocardial cells do not form a continuous layer but are associated in particular with the region of the cardiac ganglion and are innervated by it. The sino-auricular junction has hitherto been described as a pacemaker region but the myocardial cells in this region are identical in morphology to myocardial cells in other parts of the heart. There is a large complex of nerves, derived from the cardiac plexus, that runs around the junction before branching to innervate the auricle. The myocardial tissues consist of an outer layer of myocardium forming the wall of the heart and a profusion of trabeculae. The endocardium invaginates into the endocardium to divide up the cells into populations of approximately 25 cells in profile. There is no well-defined coronary blood supply although capillaries are occasionally seen. The myocardial cells themselves are small in diameter (3.5–5.5 μ) and show some primitive features which are: a short sarcomere (1.4–2.0 μ), the absence of any sarcoplasmic reticulum, and very scarce fasciae occludentes. In the atrium in particular, there are many groups of 1500 Å membrane-bound, dense-cored vesicles in the myocardial cells. Ventricular cells contain more myofilaments and mitochondria than do atrial cells and have many vesicles of 0.1–0.3μ diameter whose function and contents are unknown. Connective tissue is very evident in the plaice heart, being an integral part of the sinus venosus and the auriculo-ventricular junction and being the sole constituent of the auriculoventricular valve and the bulbus arteriosus.
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    Cell & tissue research 112 (1971), S. 212-246 
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    Keywords: Spiders ; Cupiennius salei ; Slit sense organs ; Fine structure
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    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 
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    Keywords: Crayfish ; Hepatopancreas ; Cell differentiation ; Digestion ; Fine structure
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    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 115 (1971), S. 494-500 
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    Keywords: Axon ; Synapses ; Astrocytes ; Thalamus
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    Notes: Summary Electron microscopic studies and three-dimensional graphic reconstructions from serial sections have shown that the large axon terminals of synaptic glomeruli in the ventrobasal nucleus of the rat are invaginated by spine-like protrusions from the astrocyte processes surrounding the glomeruli (“micro-trophospongium”). The astrocytic protrusions are similar in dimensions and internal morphology to the synapse-bearing dendritic excrescences that also invaginate the large axon terminals. Consequently astrocytic protrusions may be overlooked, or confused with dendritic excrescences sectioned at a non-synaptic level. The intimate neuronal—neuroglial relationship at such large axon terminals may reflect ion-exchange or metabolic interactions between the astrocytes and the axon terminal.
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    Cell & tissue research 119 (1971), S. 295-308 
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    Keywords: Fine structure ; Neuroglia ; Nervous system ; Polychaetes ; Cell junctions
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    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 
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    Keywords: Salivary gland ; Octopods ; Epithelium ; Cell types ; Fine structure
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    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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    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 114 (1971), S. 220-233 
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    Keywords: Thymus ; Fine structure ; Fetus ; Primates ; Macaca mulatta
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    Notes: Summary The morphologic features of the fetal and neonatal thymus were investigated by light and electron microscopy to determine developmental changes. Primitive epithelial cells differentiate into reticular epithelial cells, medullary epithelial cells, elongated epithelial cells, Hassall's corpuscles and cysts. Thymocytes first appear at 50 days fetal age and the number of thymocytes is amplified from 75–150 days fetal age. Minor differences between the fetal thymus of the monkey and that of other species were observed. Possible functions for the various cellular components of the fetal monkey thymus are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 114 (1971), S. 557-579 
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    Keywords: Retina ; Tissue Culture ; Synapses ; Retinal Rods
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Netzhäute von 2–3 Tage alten Ratten wurden in Plasma auf Deckgläsern in Rollerröhrchen zur Kultur angesetzt. Nach 7–17 Tagen in vitro wurden die Kulturen mit Aldehyden und Osmiumsäure fixiert und für elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung weiterverarbeitet. Gewebsquerschnitte (senkrecht zum Deckglas) zeigten histotypische Organisation, besonders in den dickeren Abschnitten der Explantate. Die Schichtung der Zellen entwickelte sich ganz ähnlich derjenigen in der Retina in situ aus dem relativ primitiven ausgepflanzten Netzhautepithel, jedoch enthielten die verschiedenen Schichten weniger Zellen als in der Retina in vivo. Alle Hauptnervenzelltypen konnten auf Grund ihrer Lokalisation und ihrer cytologischen Merkmale unterschieden werden. Die Entstehung von membranösen Lamellen in den Außengliedern der Sinneszellen konnte als Einfaltung der Plasmamembran beobachtet werden. Synaptische Bandkomplexe in ausgereifter Form wurden in der äußeren plexiformen Schicht nachgewiesen, während konventionelle Synapsen in der inneren plexiformen Schicht häufig angetroffen wurden. Synaptische Bänder waren ebenfalls in den Axonen bipolarer Zellen in der inneren plexiformen Schicht nachweisbar. Amakrine und Ganglienzellen waren in diesen Regionen ziemlich selten vertreten. Da die Untersuchung von nicht kultivierten Netzhäuten drei Tage alter Tiere keinerlei Synapsen zeigte, wird geschlossen, daß die Synapsen in den Kulturen in vitro entstanden sein müssen. Die Netzhaut stellt ein günstiges Modell für die Synaptogenese in vitro dar, indem sie verschiedene Vorzüge vor Explantaten aus anderen Regionen des Zentralnervensystems aufweist, nämlich eine klare Schichtung, zahlreiche identifizierbare Zellfortsätze mit charakteristischen synaptischen Beziehungen und eine wohl definierte Folge von Entwicklungsvorgängen.
    Notes: Summary Retinae from two- and three-day-old rats were explanted in plasma clots and grown in vitro with the flying coverslip method. After seven to seventeen days in culture, the retinal tissue was fixed with aldehydes and osmium tetroxide and embedded for examination with the electron microscope. Study of cross sections (perpendicular to the coverslip) revealed a histotypic pattern of organization, especially in the thicker regions of the explants. Layering of cells quite similar to that in the intact retina was seen to develop from the relatively primitive, explanted retinal epithelium. However, each layer contained fewer cells than its counterpart in vivo. All major neuronal cell types were distinguished by their location and cytological characteristics. Development of the saccules of sensory cell outer segments was observed to occur in vitro by an infolding of the plasma membrane. Synaptic ribbon complexes developed to the mature form in the outer plexiform layers, while conventional synapses were numerous in the inner plexiform layers. Synaptic ribbons were also seen in bipolar cell axons in the inner plexiform layers. Amacrine and ganglion cells in these regions were relatively sparse. A survey of posterior regions of noncultured three-day-old rat retinae showed no synapses of any sort; therefore the synapses in the cultures formed in vitro. The retina is recommended for studies of synaptogenesis in tissue culture, for it offers several advantages over expiants from other areas of the neuraxis, including a clear layering pattern, many identifiable cell processes with characteristic synaptic relationships between them, and a well-defined sequence of developmental events.
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    Cell & tissue research 118 (1971), S. 532-554 
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    Keywords: Glomera coronaria ; Cat ; Chemoreceptor cell ; Blood supply ; Synapses
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Gefäße der zwischen Aorta ascendens und Truncus pulmonalis, an der Vorder- und Hinterwand des Truncus pulmonalis gelegenen Glomera, sowie das sogenannte „Glomus pulmonale“ der Katze lassen sich von den Coronararterien aus durch Tusche-Gelatine-Lösungen füllen. Die erwähnten Paraganglien sind als Chemoreceptorenfelder dem Coronarkreislauf angeschlossen und daher als Glomera coronaria zu bezeichnen. Licht- und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen ergaben eine morphologische Übereinstimmung mit dem Glomus caroticum. Vagusdurchtrennungen verursachen eine Degeneration der an den Glomuszellen gelegenen synaptischen Formationen sowie Veränderungen in Glomuszellen.
    Notes: Summary The vessels of the glomera that lie between the aorta and the pulmonary trunk, on the anterior and posterior wall of the pulmonary trunk, as well as the so-called glomus pulmonale of the cat have been injected with gelatine-india ink mixture. The paraganglia mentioned above are associated with the coronary circulation as chemoreceptors and are designated as the glomera coronaria. The investigations demonstrate a morphologic similarity with the glomus caroticum. Section of the vagus causes a degeneration of the synaptic structures on the glomus cells as well as changes in the cells themselves.
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    Cell & tissue research 113 (1971), S. 396-419 
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    Keywords: Lateral geniculate nucleus ; Synapses ; Interneuron ; Transneuronal degeneration ; Monkey
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    Notes: Summary Two neuron types are distinguished by electron microscopy in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the monkey-a large cell (P cell) interpreted as a geniculostriate relay cell, and a small cell (I cell) interpreted as an inhibitory interneuron. The I cell, distinguished by its small size, infolded nucleus, small mitochondria, cilium and small granular bodies, forms about 10% of the total neuron population. It could not be determined whether this cell has an axon, but its dendrites, which contain aggregates of flattened vesicles, are thought to form a proportion of the “F processes”, profiles which are post-synaptic to the retinal (RLP) axons and presynaptic to the dendrites of the P cells. The small dark (RSD) axon terminals of unknown origin contact the dendrites of both cell types. After eye enucleation the P cells of the affected laminae of the LGN shrink and partially withdraw their dendrites from the neuropil. By 29 months' survival, they have only a narrow cytoplasmic rim around the nucleus. A necrotic process also occurs, affecting fine dendrites by 22 days and large profiles by 45 days, but it is not clear whether whole cells are destroyed by this process. At 45 days the I cells are commonly seen to form somatodendritic synapses. The appearance of these synapses is interpreted as the result of a withdrawal to the soma of the presynaptic dendrites. It is concluded that the I cells are probably inhibitory interneurons subject to excitation and presynaptic inhibition by the RLP and RSD axons, and a diagram is presented to demonstrate the possible significance of these connections for the transmission of information through the LGN.
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    Cell & tissue research 115 (1971), S. 17-29 
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    Keywords: Color ; Feathers ; Fine structure ; Keratin
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    Notes: Summary The spongy structure in medullary cells responsible for the colour of blue barbs in rump feathers of Agapornis roseicollis and back feathers of Cotinga maynana is studied with the scanning and the transmission electron microscope. The Agapornis structure is an irregular three-dimensional network of connected keratin rods which in many places form rings with outer diameters 0.25–0.3 μ. The air-filled space likewise consists of an irregular network of connected channels. The Cotinga structure consists of spherical cavities fairly evenly distributed in a keratin matrix. Earlier spectrophotometric measurements on the Agapornis structure have shown that the colour production has to be ascribed to the interference of light, not to Rayleigh (Tyndall) scattering as previously held. The optical path lengths corresponding to the outer diameter of the Agapornis rings and to the Cotinga cavities including their horny walls both are c. 0.4 μ. It is suggested that the colours are produced by the interference of light reflected from the front and rear surfaces of the rings, respectively the spherical cavities.
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    Cell & tissue research 116 (1971), S. 564-577 
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    Keywords: Axons ; Dendrites ; Microtubules ; Endoplasmic Reticulum ; Synapses
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    Notes: Summary Electron microscopic studies of neural processes in the cerebellum, optic tectum, and cerebral hemisphere of the frog reveal a distinctive system of SER cisternae lying at intervals (commonly 1–2 μm apart) perpendicular to the long axis of axons and dendrites, interconnected by tubular, longitudinally orientated SER elements, and in direct continuity with the outer membrane of mitochondria. The transverse cisternae are fenestrated, with a single mierotubule (or rarely, two) passing through the centre of each 50–75 nm fenestration. Extensions of the SER-microtubule complex may be located parasynaptically in axon terminals and dendrites. The SER of dendritic spines also appears to be continuous with the fenestrated cisternae. Possible roles for the specialized SER (particularly of the parasynaptic extensions), such as calcium ion sequestration and ATP or monoamine oxidase transport, are discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 116 (1971), S. 532-563 
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    Keywords: Trypanosomatids ; Crithidia fasciculata ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary As in other trypanosomatids, the cell membrane of Crithidia fasciculata overlies a single layer of microtubules. Each microtubule possesses a large number of periodically arranged drumstick-like appendages and adjacent microtubules are joined by fibrillar connectives. Anteriorly, the microtubules gradually taper to terminate just before or just after entering the reservoir. An attempt is made to correlate microtubule tapering with maintenance of form of the truncated anterior end of the cell. Smooth and coated vesicles are proliferated from the Golgi saccules and the prominent contractile vacuole lies nearby. The single mitochondrion is extensive and expanded at one point to form a capsule for the kinetoplast. The cristae are predominantly plate-like but other configurations do occur. The cytostome, a shallow invagination of the reservoir membrane, is found between two constrictions in the reservoir wall. Supporting the cytostome are several microtubules which penetrate deeply into the cytoplasm. Ingestion of ferritin occurs by pinocytosis from the cytostome and by coated vesicle formation from the reservoir membrane. Digestion probably occurs in multivesicular bodies which contain acid phosphatase activity.
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    Cell & tissue research 117 (1971), S. 485-501 
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    Keywords: Osphradium ; Planorbarius ; Fine structure ; Cell types ; Function
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    Notes: Summary The osphradium of Planorbarius consists of a blindly-ending ciliated canal, formed by an infolding of the mantle epithelium, and a basal ganglion of nerve cells which is comparable in complexity with ganglia of the central nervous system. The distribution of cell types in the osphradial epithelium is specialised so that three regions can be recognised; the ciliated, the secretory and the sensory regions. The basal sensory region of the canal epithelium consists of ciliated cells and is innervated by sensory neurones of the osphradial ganglion. The middle secretory region contains mainly of mucus-secreting cells and the epithelium adjacent to the osphradial aperture of ciliated cells and secretory cells of a second type. The sensory neurones of the osphradial ganglion are bipolar or of a modified monopolar type. Other monopolar neurones, similar to those common in the central nervous system are of non-sensory function. The osphradium of Paludina, although of typical prosobranch form, possesses ciliated pits similar to the single canal of Planorbarius, which may indicate a shared modality of receptor function. A definite function cannot be ascribed to the pulmonate osphradium based on morphological evidence alone.
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    Cell & tissue research 118 (1971), S. 297-309 
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    Keywords: Median ocellus ; Limulus ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary The median ocellus of Limulus consists of irregular groups of large photoreceptor cells which form a cup-shaped retina around the ocellar lens. Each group is surrounded and penetrated by guanophores and glia. The photoreceptor cells have extensive rhabdomeric regions, both along infoldings of cell membranes and between cells. Five-layered junctions occur between rhabdomeric microvilli. An occasional arhabdomeric (AR) cell is associated with a group of photoreceptors. Fine dendritic branches of the AR cell penetrate the rhabdomeric regions and form five-layered junctions with photoreceptor rhabdomeres. Axons of photoreceptor cells, and of at least some AR cells, gather at the proximal side of the cup to form an optic nerve.
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    Cell & tissue research 122 (1971), S. 538-563 
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    Keywords: Electric Organs ; Mormyridae ; Fine structure ; Innervation
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 1. Die drei Arten der GattungGnathonemus (Gn. petersii, moorii, stanleyanus) besitzen, wie alle Arten der Familie Mormyridae, zwei Paar elektrische Organe, die symmetrisch auf jeder Seite der Wirbelsäule zwischen der Caudal-, Dorsal- und Afterflosse liegen. Jedes Organ ist aus einer Serie von 70–170 elektrischen Platten zusammengesetzt. 2. Die Stiele der elektrischen Platten enthalten keine Nervenfortsätze. Die elektromotorischen Nervenfasern innervieren die Endanschwellung der Stiele, indem sie sich unverzweigt in einem kurzen marklosen Endabschnitt in eine Vertiefung des Elektroplasmas einfügen. 3. Die Elektroplasmamembran umgibt ohne Ausnahme die Stiele und die elektrische Platte. Sie ist sowohl auf der cranialen als auch auf der caudalen Seite der Platte tief eingebuchtet. Dadurch ist deren Oberfläche stark vergrößert. Im Inneren der Platte befindet sich quergestreifte Muskulatur. 4. Die motorischen und sensiblen Nervenfasern unterscheiden sich deutlich in ihrem Durchmesser. 5. Die Zahl der Nervenzellen in den Spinalganglien ist im elektrischen Organ um ein Mehrfaches größer als in den Segmenten der vor dem elektrischen Organ liegenden Rumpfmuskulatur. 6. Die Rekonstruktion der peripheren sensiblen Nerven eines Segments (aufgrund elektronenmikroskopischer Untersuchungen) ergibt die Tatsache, daß diese, mit Ausnahme von zwei freien Nervenendigungen in der Haut und freien Nervenendigungen im dorsalen Myoseptum, vor allem vier große Sehnen an der Seite des elektrischen Organs innervieren. 7. Die Innervationsverhältnisse des elektrischen Organs führen zu der Hypothese, daß die Sehnen im Zusammenhang mit der Funktion des elektrischen Organs sensorische Funktionen besitzen.
    Notes: Summary 1. Three species of the genusGnathonemus (Gn. petersii, moorii andstanleyanus) as all species of the family Mormyridae possess two pairs of electric organs situated symmetrically on each side of the vertebral column between the caudal, dorsal and anal fins. Each organ is composed of a series of 70–170 electroplaques. 2. The stalks of the electroplaques contain no nerves. Unbranched motor nerve fibres innervate the end sections of the stalks by synaptic knobs inserting into cavities of the electroplasma. 3. The electroplasma membrane surrounds the stalk (also in the region where the stalk penetrates through holes in the body of the electroplaque) and the electroplaque. The membrane is deeply indented on the cranial side as well as on the caudal side of the electroplaque. Through this the surface is greatly enlarged. In the inside of the electroplaque are striated muscles. 4. The motor and sensory nerve fibres are clearly different in diameter. 5. The number of the nerve cells in the spinal ganglions is, in the electric organ, about a multiple larger than in the segments of the body muscular system situated in front of the electric organ. 6. The reconstruction of the peripheral sensory nerves of one segment (in view of electron microscopical analyses), reveals that these, with the exception of two free nerve endings in the integument and the free nerve endings in the dorsal myoseptum, mainly innervate four large tendons on the side of the electric organs. 7. The innervation of the electric organs leads to the hypothesis that the tendons, in connection with the function of the electric organs, possess sensory functions.
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    Cell & tissue research 122 (1971), S. 190-209 
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    Keywords: Mechanoreceptors ; Campaniform sensilla ; Cercus ; Fine structure ; Gryllus bimaculatus
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 1. Bis auf das freie Haar stimmen Faden- und Keulenhaare in ihrem Aufbau überein. 2. Jedem Fadenhaar können 1–5, jedem Keulenhaar 1–2 campaniforme Sensillen zugeordnet sein. 3. Zu jedem Haar und jedem campaniformen Sensillum gehören: 1 Sinneszelle, 1 Gliazelle (= Sinneszellhüllzelle) und 3 Hüllzellen. 4. Bei Sinneshaaren endet das Sinnescilium über der Haarbasis, bei campaniformen Sensillen über dem cuticularen Dom in einem nach außen offenen Kanal (=Häutungskanal), dessen Innenwand durch die cuticulare Scheide gebildet wird. 5. Bei Sinneshaaren und bei campaniformen Sensillen ragen in Höhe der Basis des Tubularkörpers und darunter Verstärkungsrippen der cuticularen Scheide nach innen. Diese Rippen dürften dazu dienen, bei Reizung ein Ausweichen des Tubularkörpers nach unten zu verhindern. 6. Die Fadenhaare schwingen aufgrund der morphologischen Gestalt der Haarbasis parallel zum kurzen Durchmesser der ovalen Basisplatte, sehr wahrscheinlich stets nach der dem Häutungskanal zugewandten Becherwand. Dabei treten Verformungen des Bechers auf. Diese dürften für die Wahrnehmung der Schwingungsrichtung der Haare durch die campaniformen Sensillen von Bedeutung sein.
    Notes: Summary 1. The non-free parts of filamentous and club-shaped hairs are similar in structure. 2. Each filamentous hair may have 1–5 and each club-shaped hair may have 1–2 associated campaniform sensilla. 3. Each hair and each campaniform sensillum is comprised of 1 sensory cell, 1 glial cell (= Sinneszellhüttzelle) and 3 enveloping cells. 4. For the sensory hairs the sensory cilium terminates in a canal above the base of the hair and for the campaniform sensilla it terminates in a canal above the cuticular dome. In both cases the canal (ecdysial canal) opens externally and its inner wall is formed by the cuticular sheath. 5. For the sensory hairs and for the campaniform sensilla, at the level of the tubular body and below, subjacent supporting ribs of cuticular sheath project inward. These ribs may serve to prevent a downward movement of the stimulated tubular bodies. 6. Because of the form of its base, the filamentous hairs oscillate in a plane parallel to the short diameter of the oval basal plate; very likely they swing only toward the wall of the cup which is adjacent to the ecdysial canal. With this motion the shape of the cup is changed; this may have a significance for the sensing of the direction of oscillation of the hair by the campaniform sensilla.
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    Cell & tissue research 107 (1970), S. 454-465 
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    Keywords: Cerebellum ; Neuron ; Synapses ; Myelin sheath ; Tissue culture
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    Notes: Summary In long-term organized cultures of newborn mouse cerebellum, granule cell neurons were studied with silver impregnation and electron microscopy. In silver impregnated cultures, small neurons are defined as granule cell neurons from their size, morphology and location. There are also occasional large nerve endings with the morphology typical of mossy fiber endings. In correlative electron micrographs, granule cell neurons revealed a faithful reproduction of characteristic structures seen in vivo. The fine structural details of cerebellar glomeruli and myelinated granule cell bodies developed in vitro were also described.
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    Cell & tissue research 107 (1970), S. 508-521 
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    Keywords: Synapses ; Axo-axonal ; Adrenergic and cholinergic terminals ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The relations between adrenergic and cholinergic terminals were studied in rat iris and rat heart with the electron microscope. Adrenergic terminals were identified by treating the animals with 5-hydroxydopamine, which produces dense-cored synaptic vesicles in adrenergic terminals in tissues fixed in glutaraldehyde and osmium. The specificity of this observation was verified. It was found that adrenergic and cholinergic nerve terminals often come in close contact with one another, the distance between the adjoining membranes being about 250 Å. At times, faint membrane thickenings could be observed in these places. The available pharmacological, physiological, and morphological evidence leaves little room for doubt that cholinergic terminal fibres can influence the adrenergic fibres. From mainly morphological evidence, it is also postulated that adrenergic terminals influence cholinergic ones.
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    Cell & tissue research 111 (1970), S. 15-31 
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    Keywords: Subcommissural organ ; Toads ; Apical secretion ; Fine structure
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    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 111 (1970), S. 572-585 
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    Keywords: Brain ; Intraventricular cellular processes ; Ependyma ; Lateral ventricle ; Synapses
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ependym und subependymale Strukturen der Seitenventrikel von Katzen aus dem Bereich des Nucleus caudatus und des Corpus callosum wurden nach Perfusionsfixierung elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Dort findet sich eine Reihe von Neuritenanschnitten, deren kolbenförmige Auftreibungen leere Vesikel, “dense core granula” und Mitochondrien enthalten. Neben diesen neuronalen Elementen werden auch Zellfortsätze nichtneuronaler Natur im Ventrikellumen beobachtet, die Ependym- und intraventrikulären Zellen entstammen. An umschriebenen Stellen nehmen diese kolbig aufgetriebenen Fortsätze desmosomenartige Kontakte mit dem Ependym auf. An diesen Orten umgeben Mikrovilli die Fortsätze korbartig. Ob es sich bei diesen Kontakten um synapsenartige Strukturen handelt, oder um „Rezeptoren“ für unbekannte chemische Stoffe, wird diskutiert. Die Kontakte sind unabhängig von der Form der Ependymzellen und davon, ob diesen graue oder weiße Substanz unterliegt. Zwischen und in den Ependymzellen finden sich — bedingt durch den unterschiedlichen Gehalt an Zellorganellen — drei verschiedene Arten von Fortsätzen. Die Zahl der neuronalen Fortsätze in diesem Bereich ist sehr viel kleiner als im Ventrikellumen.
    Notes: Summary Ependyma and subependymal regions of the lateral ventricles of cats (area of Nucleus caudatus and Corpus callosum) were fixed by perfusion and investigated electronmicroscopically. Intraventricular axons showing a beaded shape with smaller and thicker parts were found. The varicosities contain empty vesicles, dense core granules and mitochondria. Beside those certainly neuronal elements there exist intraventricular cell processes originating from ependymal cells and free cells. The neuronal processes make desmosome-like contacts with the ependyma. These regions of contact are surrounded by basket-like arranged microvilli. It is discussed, whether the contacts function like synapses or as receptors for a substance, which is still unknown. Contacts do not depend on the shape of ependymal cells. They exist with the ependyma of Nucleus caudatus (grey substance) as well as with the ependyma of Corpus callosum (white substance). Because of the different contents of cell-organelles one can differentiate three different sorts of processes situated inter- or intracellularly in the ependyma. Neuronal processes within the lateral ventricles are more numerous than those found within the ependymal layer.
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    Cell & tissue research 111 (1970), S. 179-194 
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    Keywords: Synaptosomes ; Rat cerebral cortex ; Synapses ; Postnatal development
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    Notes: Summary Synaptosomes (nerve-ending particles) prepared from the cerebral cortex of rats, aged 2–21 days, were examined after fixation in glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide, in order to study the development of the contact region between their pre- and postsynaptic components. Synaptosomes were present at all ages studied, although they increased in number and underwent morphological changes, e.g. a decrease in ribosomes and increase in synaptic vesicles, during development. The seventh postnatal day appeared to be a critical period for development, as many adult features were first observed at this time. The synaptic contact region was characterized by desmosome-like symmetrical thickenings until the fourth postnatal day, after which it became increasingly asymmetrical. The postsynaptic thickening, which had been undifferentiated until the seventh day, underwent a focalization of its material at this stage to form postsynaptic densities typical of the adult synapse. Cleft material was present at all ages, although for the first few days it was sparse and comparatively unorganized. An attempt has been made to distinguish between synaptosomes derived from axosomatic and axodendritic endings. The possible significance of the early desmosome-like thickenings is discussed, and the role of the cleft material and post-synaptic densities in the development of the synapse is analysed.
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    Cell & tissue research 107 (1970), S. 421-446 
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    Keywords: Fresh-water and adapted stickleback-gills-chloride sea-water cells ; Fine structure ; Na+ and Cl− localization ; Osmoregulation
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Dreistachlige Stichlinge (Gasterosteus aculeatus) aus Süßwasserbiotopen wurden in mehreren Versuchsgruppen allmählich an Meersalzlösungen steigender bzw. fallender Konzentration adaptiert. Dabei stellte sich heraus, daß diese euryhaline Fischart Salzkonzentrationen zwischen 1 mg-% und 5,6% tolerieren kann. Der letzte Wert bedeutet das 1,6fache der durchschnittlichen Meerwasserkonzentration. Stichlinge aus verschiedenen salzreichen und salzarmen Adaptationsstufen dienten als Ausgangsmaterial zur elektronenmikroskopischen Untersuchung der Chloridzellen. Die Feinstruktur der Chloridzellen zeigt in Abhängigkeit vom Salzgehalt des Mediums typische Veränderungen. Bei Süßwasserstichlingen ist die apikale Höhle septiert und dadurch die resorptive apikale Zellmembranoberfläche vergrößert. Bei Meerwasserstichlingen scheint das endoplasmatische Reticulum der Chloridzellen vermehrt zu sein; ihr Chondriom nimmt 50% des Cytoplasmavolumens ein, bei den Chloridzellen der Süßwassertiere hingegen nur 20%. Im Bereich letaler Salzarmut und letalen Salzreichtums treten bei den Chloridzellen Strukturschädigungen auf. Durch histochemische Ionenfällung konnte in der Mucoidschicht der apikalen Höhle ein hoher Gehalt an Na+ und Cl− nachgewiesen werden. Die Mucoidschicht dieser Zellen füngiert demnach bei Süßwassertieren als akkumulativer Ionenfänger, bei Meerwassertieren möglicherweise als Ionenpuffer. Die Feinstruktur der Chloridzellen, ihre Veränderungen in Abhängigkeit von dem äußeren Salzgehalt, die Schädigungen bei letalen Konzentrationen sowie insbesondere die Ergebnisse der histochemischen Ionenfällung können insgesamt als Beweis der osmoregulatorischen Funktion dieser Zellen gelten.
    Notes: Summary Several groups of the stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) collected from freshwater were gradually adapted to sea salt solutions of increasing resp. decreasing concentrations. As shown by these adaption experiments, this euryhaline teleost species is able to tolerate salt concentrations in the range of 1mg-% to 5,6%. The last value corresponds to 1,6 times of the average salt concentration of sea water. Specimen adapted to minimum, intermediate and maximum salt concentration were chosen for electron microscopical investigation of the chloride cells. Depending on the external salt concentration the fine structure of these cells shows typical alterations. In fresh water specimen, the apical cavity of the chloride cells is septate and consequently the resorptive apical cell membrane surface is enlarged. In sea water specimens the endoplasmic reticulum seems to be more developed; the mitochondria take about 50% of the cytoplasm volume, whereas they take only 20% in fresh water animals. The chloride cell fine structure of those animals which had been brought to the upper or lower limit of the tolerable salt concentration is damaged. The mucoid layer of the apical cavity in animals from both salt-rich and nearly salt-free medium has a high content of Na+ and Cl−, as detected by histochemical ion precipitation methods. Therefore in fresh water specimens the mucoid layer must be involved in adsorbing and in accumulation ions from the external medium, in sea water specimens its function seems to be something like an ion buffer. From these findings there is no doubt that the osmoregulatory function of the teleost gills is based on the chloride cells.
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    Keywords: Interphase nuclei ; Ultracentrifugation ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary Ultracentrifugation of living cells from the liver of the mouse, rat, dog, frog, Necturus, follicle cells, of grasshopper testis, and meristem of the onion root tip shows evidence that the interphase chromatin is attached to the nuclear envelope. Because of its relatively high density, the bulk of the interphase chromatin, and often the nucleoli, are displaced to the centrifugal side of the nucleus and, when this occurs, the chromatin bodies attached to the centripetal side of the nucleus are drawn out into long filaments which extend across the nucleus centrifugally. They generally break before becoming detached from the envelope. Onion root tip chromosomes in early prophase also appear to be attached to the nuclear envelope. The Barr body strongly adheres to the nuclear envelope as evidenced by the high centrifugal force necessary to displace it. Nucleoli of ultracentrifuged meristematic cells of the onion root show evidence of a stratification of materials within them.
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    Cell & tissue research 111 (1970), S. 228-262 
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    Keywords: Retina ; Rod outer segment ; Frog ; Freeze-etching ; Fine structure
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Der Feinbau der Stäbchenaußenglieder des Frosches (Rana esculenta) wurde mit zwei verschiedenen Methoden untersucht: der größte Teil der Untersuchungen wurde mit der Gefrierätzmethode durchgeführt. Die Abdrucke (Masken der Bruchflächen) wurden im Elektronenmikroskop bei 40000facher Vergrößerung betrachtet. Als zweite, von der ersten unabhängigen Methode, wurden Teile negativ kontrastierter Außenglieder des Frosches im Elektronenmikroskop betrachtet. Die Auswertung der elektronenmikroskopischen Aufnahmen von Abdrucken ergab: die Außenglieder des Frosches scheinen aus 3 Gruppen „länglicher Gebilde“ aufgebaut zu sein, die in jeweils angenähert gleichen Abständen angeordnet sind. Die „länglichen Gebilde“ werden als Fäden bezeichnet; ihre Durchmesser liegen unter 100 Å. Die Größe der Durchmesser hängt vom Adaptationszustand und der chemischen Behandlung vor der Gefrierätzung ab. Die Fäden überkreuzen sich z.T. — Es wurden ferner 4 Gruppen angenähert gleicher Abstände zwischen den Fäden gefunden. Die Größe dieser Abstände liegt zwischen etwa 50 Å und einigen hundert Å. Negativ kontrastierte Außenglieder ließen ebenfalls Fäden erkennen. Die Ergebnisse werden zu einer zweiteiligen Arbeitshypothese zusammengefaßt. Im 1. Teil der Arbeitshypothese wird angenommen: der Innenkörper des Außengliedes (das ist das Außenglied ohne die erkennbare Zellmembran) ist ein dreidimensionales parakristallines Raumgitter, aufgebaut aus den 3 verschiedenen dicken Fadenarten (d 1, d2, d4). Die Abstände zwischen den Fäden werden als Gitterkonstanten (a 1, a2, a3, a4) dieses Raumgitters aufgefaßt. Eine Elementarzelle des Gitters scheint aus einem Geflecht aus d 1- und d 2-Fäden zu bestehen und aus vier darüberliegenden Schichten paralleler d 4-Fäden. Im 2. Teil der Arbeitshypothese wird auf Grund von Volumenabschätzungen angenommen: die d 1-Fäden des Raumgitters enthalten Rhodopsin, die d 2-Fäden Protein, das nicht Rhodopsin ist, und die (d 4-Fäden enthalten Lipide. Die Arbeitshypothese wird durch experimentelle Befunde anderer Autoren gestützt, die mit den Methoden der negativen Kontrastierung, der Licht- und Röntgenstrahl-Kleinwinkel-Beugung experimentierten. Es wird versucht, für einige elektronenmikroskopische Aufnahmen von Dünnschnitten und Gefrierätzabdrucken eine gemeinsame Deutung zu geben (Rosenkranz et al., 1969; Rosenkranz, 1969a).
    Notes: Summary The fine structure of the frog's (Rana esculenta) rod outer segments was investigated by two different methods: most of the experiments were made by means of the freeze-etching technique. The replicas were then examined by electron microscopy (40,000 X). By means of a second method, rod outer segments were negatively stained prior to electron microscopy. Inspection of the electron micrographs revealed that the frog's rod outer segments seem to be built up of three groups of “elongated structures” interpreted as fibrils (Fäden) arranged regularly at approximately equal distances. The diameters of the fibrils are below 100 Å; they depend on the state of light adaptation and on the chemical preparation before freeze-etching. The fibrils partly cross each other. In addition, there were found four groups of approximately equal distances between the fibrils. The order of magnitude of these spacings is from about 50 Å to a few hundred Å. Negatively stained outer segments also reveal fibrils. The results are expressed in a working hypothesis consisting of two parts. It is supposed first that the core of the rod outer segment represents a three dimensional paracrystalline lattice (Raumgitter) of three different types of fibrils (d 1, d2, d4). The distances between the fibrils are interpreted as the lattice constants (a 1, a2, a3, a4). A unit cell of the lattice would consist of a web (Geflecht) of two different types of fibrils (d 1, d2) and four layers of parallel fibrils of the third type (d 4). It is supposed, secondly, on the basis of a volume-evaluation, that the d1-fibrils contain rhodopsin, those of type d 2 another protein (not rhodopsin), and fibrils of type d 4 lipids. The working hypothesis is supported by experimental findings of other authors (obtained by negative staining and diffraction of light and X-rays). Attempts have been made to relate some electron micrographs of ultrathin sections to those of replicas. (Rosenkranz et al., 1969; Rosenkranz, 1969a.)
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    Cell & tissue research 110 (1970), S. 204-218 
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    Keywords: Polychaetes ; Parapodia ; Glands ; Fine structure ; Mucus
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    Notes: Summary The spiral organs of Nereis have been shown to be compound glands and not photoreceptors. The ducts of two or three types of secretory cells attach themselves in a serial manner to a spirally wound axial columella which lies just below the cuticle. The large intra-cellular ducts terminate in a number of fine ducts which penetrate the columella and open through it into the lumen of the gland. This communicates to the outside through a pore in the cuticle. The secretions are muco-polysaccharides which are probably mixed in the lumen before discharge.
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    Cell & tissue research 110 (1970), S. 540-558 
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    Keywords: Cerebral cortex ; Synapses ; Rat ; Postnatal differentiation ; Morphology
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of layers I and II of the motor cerebral cortex of rat brain has been studied at birth, 4, 7 and 14 days postnatal and in the adult. Compared with the adult, neonatal rat motor cortex exhibited a large extracellular space which decreases with increasing age. At all stages studied the neurons were seen to contain the organelles usually found in adult neurons. Growth cones were present in decreasing numbers up to 14 days old. Synapses were detectable at birth and there was an obvious increase in their number throughout the postnatal development. At the earliest stages studied there was a lack of specialization characteristic of the adult. Many synapses were either avesicular or relatively so and lacked the high degree of modification of adult pre- and postsynaptic membranes. By 7 days after birth many synapses existed which in all morphological respects resembled those of the adult, and by 14 days, the majority were of the adult type. These findings, particularly with reference to the postnatal development of synapses, have been discussed in relation to the known electrophysiological findings.
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    Cell & tissue research 108 (1970), S. 46-58 
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    Keywords: Compound eyes ; Insecta ; Pteronemobius heydeni ; Fine structure
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Ommatidien der Sumpfgrille Pteronemobius wurden elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Der dioptrische Apparat besteht aus der cuticularen Linse, auf der zahlreiche Cornea-Nippel stehen, sowie dem Kristallkegel mit seinen Zellen, die auch noch beim adulten Tier Mitochondrien besitzen. Diese vier Zellen bilden insgesamt acht nach basal gerichtete Fortsätze, vier laterale und vier zentrale. Die lateralen, die auch bei anderen Insekten vorkommen, ziehen zwischen den Retinulazellen bis zur Basalmembran, an der sie enden. In ihrem proximalen, erweiterten Bereich nehmen die Fortsätze Kontakt miteinander auf. Hier enthalten sie außer den für den gesamten Verlauf typischen Mikrotubuli Pigment und feine Granula, die denen des Kegels gleichen. Die vier anderen, zentral gelegenen Fortsätze bilden gemeinsam den dünnen Spitzenausläufer der Kegelbasis. Er wird vom Rhabdom umhüllt und endet nach etwa 6 μm. Sieben oder acht Retinulazellen bilden ein Rhabdom vom geschlossenen Typ. Zunächst umfassen vier dieser Zellen den Kegel, doch treten noch vor seinem basalen Ende drei weitere hinzu. Die beiden primären Pigmentzellen werden dabei peripherwärts abgedrängt. Die sekundären Pigmentzellen bilden keinen geschlossenen Zylinder um die Retinulazellen.
    Notes: Summary The ommatidia of the gryllid Pteronemobius have been examined electron microscopically. The dioptric apparatus consists of a cuticular lens on which numeral nipples insert and of the crystalline cone with its cells bearing mitochondria even in the adult. These four cells form altogether eight proximally directed processes, four lateral and four central ones. The lateral processes — as in other insects — extend from between the retinula cells to the basal membrane at which they terminate. In its proximal enlarged region they get into contact with each other. Besides those microtubuli typical for the total process they contain pigment and fine granules similar to those of the cone. The four remaining processes centrally situated form the thin pointed appendix of the cone basis being enveloped by the rhabdom and ending after about 6 μm. Seven or eight retinula cells form a rhabdom of the closed type. Primarily there are four of these cells enclosing the cone, however, farther proximally they are joined by three more cells. Thus, the two primary pigment cells are forced away towards the periphery. The secondary pigment cells do not constitute a closed cylinder around the retinula cells.
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    Cell & tissue research 108 (1970), S. 282-296 
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    Keywords: Synapses ; Complex ; Nuclei vestibulares ; Lampetra planeri
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    Notes: Summary The vestibular fibres of ammocoetes of Lampetra planeri form a peculiar type of synaptic contact with the large nerve cells of the vestibular nuclei. In fact, a large expansion of the fibre is enveloped by the nerve cell cytoplasm, which makes a sort of spoon or actual channel by sealing its own plasma membrane with adhesion plaques around the fibre. In the whole area of juxtapposition between the fibre and the cell membranes, three different types of specialized contacts occur: desmosomoid junctions, which are the most numerous; zones having the characteristics of chemically active synapses on account of the presence of vesicles clustered on the presynaptic side; gap-junctions, where electrical transmission might occur. A puzzling feature is the presence of an enormous number of presynaptic vesicles located in the central part of the axoplasm of the fibre expansion.
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    Cell & tissue research 108 (1970), S. 487-500 
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    Keywords: Pituitary gland ; Residual lumen ; Epithelial cells ; Fine structure ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Histology, enzyme histochemistry, and electron microscopy of the epithelium covering the rat pituitary residual lumen was studied. The anterior and posterior epithelium have similar histological and histochemical appearance, although the posterior epithelium shows stronger enzyme reactions for an esterase and many dehydrogenases. Electron microscopic studies reveal that both epithelia form a continuous lining. Anterior epithelium is in immediate contact with the interstitial spaces of the anterior lobe, while the posterior epithelium is separated from the intermediate lobe by a continuous basement lamina. The cytological features of both epithelia are also remarkably similar with scanty rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum, inconspicuous Golgi apparatus, round or oval mitochondria, and moderate number of lysosomal bodies. The apical surface of these cells is covered by microvilli and in some, especially posterior epithelial cells, by numerous cilia. Anterior epithelial cells and the apical portions of the posterior epithelial cells contain a number of large vacuoles with material possibly related to the colloid within the residual lumen. Electron microscopic findings suggest that both epithelia are possibly active in transfer and/or disposal of the colloid material rather than being secretory themselves. Enzyme histochemical findings support the hypothesis of an active role of these cells in metabolic processes related to phagocytosis. Based on these observations the colloid seems to be the product of the anterior lobe function.
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    Cell & tissue research 108 (1970), S. 563-581 
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    Keywords: Insect ; Brain ; Deutocerebrum ; Synapses
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Feinstruktur des Glomerulineuropils im Antennenhügel (sensorisches Zentrum) der Wanderheuschrecke Locusta migratoria wird beschrieben. Die Glomeruli stellen ein kompliziertes Netzwerk von sensorischen Antennennervenfasern und interneuronalen hirneigenen Elementen dar. Die Nervenfasern sind in ihrer großen Mehrheit von klaren synaptischen Vesikeln gefüllt, die sich mit Zinkjodid-Osmiumsäure färben (Akert und Sandri, 1968). Zwei Synapsentypen treten auf, die sich vor allem durch die Form und Ausdehnung des Synapsenspaltes unterscheiden. Beide Typen zeigen eine morphologische Polarität. Paramembranöses synaptisches Material läßt sich besonders deutlich mit der Wismutjodid-Methode von Pfenninger et al. (1969) darstellen. Diese Methode, die den gleichen Effekt wie bei Wirbeltieren zeigt, scheint zur Beurteilung synaptischer Verhältnisse (Verteilung, Häufigkeit) besonders geeignet. Normalerweise sind über synaptische Kontakte drei aneinandergrenzende Nervenfasern miteinander verknüpft. Obwohl Degenerationsexperimente vorgenommen wurden, konnte die synaptische Verschaltung der verschiedenen Fasern nur teilweise geklärt werden. Sensorische Fasern sind mit interneuronalen Fortsätzen verbunden, die prä- und postsynaptische Zonen haben. Es gibt einige Hinweise, daß auch sensorische Fasern miteinander synaptisch verknüpft sind. Vesikelfreie postsynaptische Elemente sind sehr selten, während eine synaptische Verbindung über „axo-axonale“ Kontakte häufig vorkommt. Die Antennalglomeruli mit ihrer großen Anzahl von kleinen, mit synaptischen Vesikeln gefüllten Fasern sind deutlich anders organisiert als die Glomeruli im Pilzkörperkelch (vgl. Lamparter et al., 1969).
    Notes: Summary The fibre anatomy of the glomeruli neuropil of the antennal lobes (sensory centres) of Locusta migratoria has been analysed by electron microscopy. The glomeruli consist of interneuronal and sensory elements of the antennal nerve, forming a complicated mesh-work of fine fibres. The great majority of nervous fibres is filled with clear synaptic vesicles, which stain with zinc-iodide-osmic-acid (Akert and Sandri, 1968), Two types of synaptic junctions are found, differing especially in shape and size of their synaptic gap. Both types show a clear morphological polarity, so that the distinction of pre- and postsynaptic fibres is possible. Inter- and intracellular paramembraneous synaptic material can be demonstrated by the bismuth iodide impregnation of Pfenninger et al. (1969) This method, showing the same effect as in vertebrate nervous systems, seems to be very adequate for the identification of synaptic structures and synaptic distribution. Normally presynaptic structures are situated in angles of nerve fibres. Although degeneration experiments were made, the synaptic interaction of the various fibre types could only partially be explained. Sensory fibres interact with intemeurons, which show pre- and postsynaptic zones. They seem to be responsible for the integration of different glomeruli. There is some evidence that sensory fibres have synaptic connections, too. Postsynaptic profiles with several synaptic contacts and free of vesicles are very rare, whereas “axo-axonic” contacts are found quite often. These glomeruli with their great number of vesicle-filled profiles differ from corpora pedunculata calyx glomeruli (see Lamparter et al. 1969).
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    Cell & tissue research 110 (1970), S. 336-349 
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    Keywords: Nervous system ; Flies ; Intermediate retina (Lamina) ; Centrifugal fiber system ; Synapses
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    Notes: Summary By combining the Golgi and the electronmicroscope techniques it has been possible to identify accurately the system of centrifugal fibers which arborizes in the lamina of muscoid flies forming the so-called nervous bags. Each of them originates from a single fiber entering the lamina at the site in which the second order and the long visual fibers leave it. This single fiber represents the peripheral portion of a T-shaped trunk stemming from a small neuronal body located in the external region of the medulla. The central branch terminates within the first synaptic field of this visual center. After entering the lamina the centrifugal fiber ramifies profusely and its branches can be seen climbing and synapsing on the surface of the photoreceptor axon endings. The synaptic loci show characteristic synaptic ribbons located within the nervous bag fibers. This fact suggests that direction of conduction is from the medulla to the lamina. This study has also revealed that the intramedullar terminals of the centrifugal fibers establish intimate contacts with one of the two second order fiber endings.
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    Cell & tissue research 110 (1970), S. 219-230 
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    Keywords: Polychaetes ; Parapodia ; Glands ; Fine structure ; Mucus
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    Notes: Summary Three types of unicellular glands have been identified from the parapodial epithelium of Nereis. They conform to a common plan. The cell body, which lies at the base of the epithelium, has prominent rough-faced endoplasmic reticulum and golgi. It sends a long intra-cellular duct to the cuticle where it opens through a pore lined by the epicuticle. The end of the duct in two of the glands bears a ring of microvilli. The duct of the type-6 gland is lined by cytoplasm containing elongated mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum arranged in an alternating fashion. Each of these organelles is surrounded by an array of longitudionally orientated microtubules. The secretions are contained in membrane bound vesicles. In the type-4 cells the contents are homogeneous, whilst the other two contain distinctive electron-dense granules. The type-4 secretions are PAS negative and alcianophilic, the type-5 secretions are PAS positive and non-alcianophilic whilst the type-6 secretions have a strong affinity for Orange G.
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    Cell & tissue research 110 (1970), S. 301-310 
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    Keywords: Ultimobranchial glands ; Anurans ; Cell types ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary A comparative description of the fine structure of ultimobranchial secretory cells from normal untreated adult Rana temporaria L. and Bufo bufo L., during and following the spring breeding period, is presented. Differences between the two species are described especially with regard to enormous cytoplasmic tonofilament aggregations found within the frog ultimobranchial cells and their relationship with lipid-like bodies and with the characteristic secretory granules. Whereas only a single cell-type is distinguishable in the frog, in the toad two cell-types are found based on the size of their secretory granules; one with the typical granules, the other with much larger granules. The significance of these findings and their relevance to C cells of other species is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 110 (1970), S. 559-568 
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    Keywords: Cerebral cortex ; Rat ; Synapses ; Postnatal ; Quantitation
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    Notes: Summary Quantitation of synapses at different postnatal ages has been undertaken in the cerebral cortex of the rat. In this study axial ratios of presynaptic bags, proportion of cortex occupied by presynaptic bags and numbers of synapses per unit volume of cortex have been estimated. Observations on synaptic vesicle packing densities have also been made. Synaptic bags become increasingly spherical up to 7 days of age and become more elongated thereafter. The proportion of cortex occupied by presynaptic bags increases rapidly up to 7 days of age and then at a decelerated rate up to maturity. The number of synapses per unit volume increases slowly over the first four days after which there is a rapid increase to 14 days, followed by a decelerated rate. The average presynaptic bag shows marked changes in volume with increasing age which indicate the probability of two stages of synaptic development. This two stage development is further reflected in the estimates on vesicle packing densities. The implications of the results are discussed in relationship to changes in functional activity of the cortex during postnatal development.
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    Cell & tissue research 111 (1970), S. 32-50 
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    Keywords: Subcommissural organ ; Toads ; Basal secretion ; Fine structure
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    Notes: Summary The basal processes of the subcommissural ependymal cells contain filaments, microtubules, mitochondria and numerous pale and dense secretory granules. Both types of secretory granules are more numerous in the dilated portions of the ependymal processes. It is postulated that the periodical dilatations filled with secretory granules are responsible for the “rosary” appearance of the ependymal processes when stained with aldehyde fuchsin or chrome alum-hematoxylin. The ependymal processes of some ependymal subcommissural cells end on the external limiting membrane which covers the brain surface. The ependymal endings contain, among other structures, secretory granules and cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum; this suggests that the secretory material may be locally synthetized. The presence in the subarachnoid space, close to the ependymal endings, of a particular type of blood capillaries supports the possibility of a vascular release of the secretory material present in the ependymal endings. The processes of other subcommissural ependymal cells end on blood capillaries localized in the subependymal neuropile. These capillaries have a distinctive perivascular space, where the external perivascular basement membrane is covered by a continuous “cuff” formed by ependymal endings containing secretory granules. Here again, the vascular release of the ependymal secretion seems very likely. Lastly, a third group of ependymal processes end on cavities lined by a basement membrane. It is thought that these cavities are “prolongations” of the perivascular space of the subependymal capillaries; this would contribute to establish numerous ependymo-vascular connections despite the scarce number of blood vessels. Some evidence supporting the possibility that the ependymal cells of the subcommissural organ are innervated is presented.
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    Cell & tissue research 111 (1970), S. 195-208 
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    Keywords: Synaptosomes ; Rat cerebral cortex ; Glutaraldehyde/PTA ; Synapses ; Postnatal development
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    Notes: Summary Synaptosomes derived from 2–21 days postnatal rat cerebral cortex have been examined following glutaraldehyde fixation and block PTA staining, with the aim of investigating the maturation of the paramembranous densities at the contact region between the pre- and postsynaptic components. The internal coats of pre- and postsynaptic membranes first appear as undifferentiated plaque-like thickenings, which gradually develop into, or are replaced by, dense projections and postsynaptic focal densities respectively. Both sets of densities pass through an interconnected phase before starting to emerge as discrete entities at 5–7 days. The external coats of the pre- and postsynaptic membranes coalesce to form a plate-like structure which breaks down during development to form the cleft densities or transverse bars of the adult contact region. Although for the first few days of postnatal development only one type of synaptosome can be identified, from 5 days onwards two types corresponding to types A and B of adult life become recognizable. Increase in height of the dense projections has been correlated with increase in the number of synaptic vesicles per synaptosome during postnatal development, indicating that the synaptic vesicles may play a role in the formation and maturation of dense projections. The possible importance of other factors in this process is also discussed.
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    Keywords: Hypophysial portal system Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (Aves, Passeriformes) ; Fine structure ; Control of the pars distalis
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    Notes: Summary The angioarchitecture of the hypophysial portal system of the White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, was investigated by electron microscopy in conjunction with light microscopy of serial thick sections. The small arteries or arterioles supplying the primary capillary plexus of the median eminence have the typical form of arterioles. The vessels of the primary capillary plexus, on the surface of the median eminence, with their many fenestrations and pinocytotic vesicles, are typical of the form of capillary usually found in other endocrine organs. The portal vessels in the pars tuberalis have wide perivascular spaces between the basement membrane of the endothelium and that of parenchymal lobules of the pars tuberalis. These perivascular spaces are occupied usually by the perivascular cells, but sometimes contain erythrocytes. The endothelial cells of the portal vessels often protrude into vascular lumen giving the appearance of valve-like structures. These may have a role in the regulation of blood flow. The endothelial cells of the portal vessels are invested by a definitive basement membrane and by the cytoplasm of pericytes which are oriented spirally to the longitudinal axes of the vessels. The pericytes may have a function in the mechanical support of the vascular wall and a contractile function that might regulate the flow rate of blood.
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    Cell & tissue research 103 (1970), S. 238-246 
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    Keywords: Melanogenesis ; Amphibians ; Fine structure ; Phenylthiourea
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    Notes: Summary The pigmented epithelium of Rana pipiens tadpole eyes normally develops at least two types of melanosomes: (1) an elongated melanin granule of relatively homogeneous electron density, and (2) a complex melanosome which has an outer electrondense area and one or more less dense cores. Evidence indicates that complex melanosomes are formed by new melanin enclosing preexisting melanosomes. An organized fibrillar premelanosome is demonstrated with the aid of the antimelanogenic compound phenylthiourea (PTU). These premelanosomes are the developing forms of the elongated melanosomes. There is evidence that the premelanosomes originate in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Phenylthiourea blocks melanin synthesis in the premelanosomes; however, removal of the PTU allows pigment deposition. This finding of an organized, fibrillar premelanosome in an amphibian marks the lowest phylogenetic group in which these organelles have been described.
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    Cell & tissue research 103 (1970), S. 518-525 
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    Keywords: Arthropoda ; Hairs ; Fine structure
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Der Hohlraum des „Kugelhaares“ von Nemastoma bildet im basalen Teil Ausbuchtungen mit tubulären Strukturen, die mit 40–50 von proximal nach distal ziehenden Kanälen in Verbindung stehen. Nahe der Haarspitze befindet sich ein hohler Schirm mit zahlreichen Chaetoiden. Dicht unter ihm öffnen sich die Kanäle nach außen, und zwar derartig, daß ihr zentrad gelegener Teil der Wand den Schirmstiel bildet, während sich ihr peripherwärts gelegener Wandteil in einzelne Streben aufgliedert. Diese bilden nach Erreichen des Schirmbodens zwischen sich und dem Schirmstiel einen großen Hohlraum, der von einem klebrigen Sekret angefüllt und, zusammen mit dem Schirm, auch umhüllt wird.
    Notes: Summary The cavity of the seta on the pedipalpi of Nemastoma shows protrusions with tubular structures, which are connected with 40–50 channels proceeding from proximal towards distal. Close by the tip of the seta there is a hollow umbrella with numerous secondary chetae. Bight underneath, each channel is widened in a way that the central part of the wall builds the stalk of the umbrella, whereas the more peripheral part of the wall is split in single struts. Both struts fused with the umbrella and its stalk form a large cavity. This cavity is filled with a viscid droplet and enveloped as well together with the umbrella. — The possible meaning of these structures is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 104 (1970), S. 1-13 
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    Keywords: Pars intermedia ; Cellular types ; Fine structure ; Lizards
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    Notes: Summary Two cell types can be distinguished in the pars intermedia of Klauberina: (1) Glandular cells, which form a single-layered columnar epithelium on the vascular septum which divides the pars nervosa from the pars intermedia. (2) Marginal cells which form a flattened epithelium over the glandular cells and line the hypophysial cleft. Occasional projections from the marginal cells extend between the glandular cells to contact the basement membrane of the vascular septum, and occasional projections of the vascular septum extend across the glandular epithelium to reach the marginal epithelium. Both cell types are AF negative. The granules of the glandular cells are strongly PAS positive, and acidophilic in response to Mallory's trichrome stain. In electron micrographs, the glandular cells contain large quantities of secretory granules. In one class of cells, they range from 2,000 to 2,500 Å in diameter, in the other, from 4,000 to 5,000 Å. Electron-dense granules 1,000 to 1,500 Å in diameter occur in the cytoplasm of the marginal cells in the region of contact with the vascular septum. Hence more than one active principle may be produced by the pars intermedia. No nerve endings of any kind are present in the pars intermedia. Therefore, synaptic contact of neurons with the secretory cells seems not to be necessary for the regulation of their secretory activity as appears to be the case in other vertebrate groups. It is suggested that regulatory factors are secreted in the pars nervosa and transported to the pars intermedia via the vascular septum.
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    Cell & tissue research 103 (1970), S. 129-148 
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    Keywords: Enteropneusts ; Nerve fibre ; Neurocord ; Synapses
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    Notes: Summary The nerve fibre layer and the neurocord of the Enteropneusts Saccoglossus horsti, Harrimania kupfferi and Ptychodera flava have been examined with the electron microscope. The nerve fibres vary in diameter between 0.15 to 10 μm. The majority of the fibres are of the smaller diameters. The nerve fibre layer is intraepidermal, and is divided by processes running radially from the epithelial cells to the basement membrane that separates the nerve fibre layer from the muscle cells. The cells of origin of these nerve fibres are situated mainly in the innermost layers of the epidermal cells. The nerve fibre profiles contain numerous vesicles of very varied diameter and contents, together with larger granular inclusions that are also found in the nerve cell bodies. Morphologically recognisable synapses are rare, but the majority of fibres are in intimate contact with one another. Sometimes the mass of fibres is divided into bundles by the epithelial cell processes. The majority of giant fibres are situated near to the basement membrane of the neurocord. The giant fibres also have a varied content of vesicles as well as neurofilaments and neurotubules. The central canal in Ptychodera flava and the remnants of the central canal in Saccoglossus horsti are both lined by columnar cells that bear microvilli as well as cilia with the typical 9 + 2 pattern of tubules. Scattered amongst these cells are mucus secreting cells which open into the cavity of the canal.
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    Cell & tissue research 103 (1970), S. 365-381 
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    Keywords: Insects ; Brain ; Corpora pedunculata ; Mushroom bodies ; Synapses
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 1. Die Stiele der Corpora pedunculata im Gehirn von Acheta domesticus L. weisen eine Zonierung auf, die auf einer bestimmten Gruppierung von Globulizellfasertypen in der Stielsäule beruht. 2. Pilzkörperfremde Fasern durchziehen das Stielneuropil in allen Richtungen. Sie sind besonders klar zu erkennen, wenn sie senkrecht zu den Globulizellfasern verlaufen. 3. Sog. chemische Synapsen treten hauptsächlich in der Zone III, die den größten Teil des Stielvolumens einnimmt, und im basalen Stiel in der Zone IV auf. Außer synaptischen Vesikeln, die sich mit Zinkjodid-Osmiumsäure imprägnieren lassen, finden sich in den Pilzkörperfasern zahlreiche osmiophile Grana vom Typ der „dense core vesicles“. 4. Globulizellfasern sind mit pilzkörperfremden Fasern im Stiel synaptisch verknüpft. Sehr wahrscheinlich konvergieren im unteren Stielteil Globulizellfasern auf postsynaptische extrinsische Fortsätze. Wahrscheinlich haben auch Globulizellfasern untereinander synaptischen Kontakt. 5. Synaptische SpezialStrukturen (elektronendichte Auflagerungen, Massierungen von synaptischen Vesikeln) finden sich größtenteils in den anliegenden Winkeln von zwei benachbarten Axonen. Oftmals kann eine Entscheidung über die Polarisierung der Synapsen nicht getroffen werden. 6. Die verschiedenen Fasertypen und ihre Kontakte über Synapsen werden im Hinblick auf die Funktion der Corpora pedunculata diskutiert, die nach verbreiteter Ansicht assoziative Hirnzentren verkörpern.
    Notes: Summary 1. The stalk of the mushroom-bodies (Corpora pedunculata) of the cricket Acheta domesticus L. is composed of nerve fibers from different types of globuli cells. These fibers are arranged into four groups. 2. Extrinsic nerve fibers run through the pedunculus neuropil in different directions. 3. Synapses occur primarily in stalk zone III and in basic stalk parts of zone IV. Intrinsic nerve fibers of globuli cells contain synaptic vesicles, which stain with ZIO-impregnation (Akert and Sandri, 1968), and dense core vesicles. 4. Intrinsic and extrinsic nerve fibers make synaptic contacts. There is some evidence, that globuli cell fibers interact by chemical synapses too. 5. Special synaptic structures such as electron dense projections and accumulations of vesicles are situated predominantly in the angles of two neighbouring axons. The question of synaptic polarization can not always be resolved. 6. The different fiber types and their synaptic contacts are discussed with respect to the function of the corpora pedunculata. The results support the general view, that mushroom bodies represent an important brain center for association.
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    Cell & tissue research 103 (1970), S. 48-60 
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    Keywords: Synaptosomes ; Glutaraldehyde/PTA ; Synapses ; Octopus
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    Notes: Summary Octopus synaptosomes have been examined after glutaraldehyde fixation and phosphotungstic acid (PTA) staining of non-osmicated tissue. The results concentrate on the appearance of the contact region between the presynaptic component of synaptosomes and their postsynaptic processes. Membranes have a triple-layered appearance, consisting of an electronopaque internal coat, an electrontranslucent band and an electronopaque external coat. Good examples of this are found in synaptosomal, dendritic and axonal membranes. At specialized synaptic contact regions the external coats of the pre- and postsynaptic membranes coalesce to form a prominent synaptic plate, which has a width of 18 nm and is subdivided into zones of varying electronopacity. It is suggested that this plate is formed from the specialized external coat of the postsynaptic membrane and the unspecialized external coat of the presynaptic membrane. Presynaptic spicules extend from the internal coat of the presynaptic membrane. They are closely associated with elements of the presynaptic network. It is suggested that the synaptic plate is probably composed of mucopolysaccharides, while the relation of the plate to acetylcholinesterase is discussed. It is proposed that functional localization at the synapse is less precise in octopus than vertebrates.
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    Cell & tissue research 105 (1970), S. 276-302 
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    Keywords: Pineal organ ; Passer domesticus ; Synapses ; Nervous pathway ; Sympathetic innervation ; Photo-neuro-endocrine organ
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Im Parenchym der Epiphysis cerebri von Passer domesticus kommen Nervenzellen vor. Ihre Neuriten ziehen im langgestreckten Epiphysenstiel zur Commissura habenularum. Im proximalen Endabschnitt des Epiphysenstiels wird ein Teil dieser Fasern myelinisiert. Zwischen die Nervenfasern schieben sich zahlreiche Pinealocytenausläufer; synaptische Bänder helfen die letzteren eindeutig zu identifizieren. Im Bereich der synaptischen Bänder liegen: 1. 300 Å Vesikel, 2. 300 Å Vesikel und 800–1200 Å Granula, 3. nur 800–1200 Å große granulierte Vesikel. Die Tatsache, daß in Pinealocytenausläufern nebeneinander synaptische Bänder und Granula vorkommen, und daß apikal in zilientragenden Zellen ebenfalls Granula nachweisbar sind, spricht dafür, daß bei Passer domesticus ein Pinealzelltyp sensorische und sekretorische Strukturmerkmale besitzen kann. Außerdem werden Kontaktsynapsen beobachtet; ihre praesynaptischen Fasern enthalten die gleichen Strukturelemente wie die Fasern mit synaptischen Bändern. Die Zahl der Mikrofibrillen und Mikrotubuli variiert in den Pinealocytenausläufern, in den postsynaptischen Dendriten und in den Neuriten so stark, daß es mitunter schwierig ist, diese Fortsatztypen einwandfrei zu unterscheiden und die Zahl der zum Gehirn ziehenden Neuriten exakt zu ermitteln. Efferente sympathische Nervenfasern dringen in die Bindegewebssepten der Epiphyse ein. Sie enthalten Granula mit einem Durchmesser von 300–500 Å und 800–1200 Å. Nach Injektion von Nialamid zeigen beide Granulatypen einen elektronendichten Kern. Mikrospektrographisch ist Serotonin und Noradrenalin in diesen Nervenfasern nachweisbar. Das Material dieser Studie enthält keinen fluoreszenzmikroskopischen oder elektronenmikroskopischen Hinweis darauf, daß die sympathischen Nervenfasern durch die Basalmembran in den Zellverband des Epiphysenparenchyms eintreten. Im elektronenmikroskopischen Bild haben manche Pinealocytenausläufer eine Ähnlichkeit mit autonomen Nervenfasern. Die funktionelle Bedeutung der Vogelepiphyse als photo-neuro-endokrines Organ wird diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary The pineal organ of Passer domesticus contains nerve cells within its parenchyma. Axons of the nerve cells run within the elongated stalk of the pineal organ to the habenular commissure. At the proximal end of the stalk, some axons become myelinated. In the stalk, the axons intermingle with pinealocyte processes containing synaptic ribbons. The synaptic ribbons are in contact with (1) vesicles with a diameter of 300 Å; (2) 300 Å diameter vesicles and 800–1,200 Å diameter dense-core granules; or (3) the dense-core granules only. Dense-core granules are also present in pinealocytes with 9+0 type cilia. These results suggest that sensory and secretory structures are present in the same pineal cell type. Furthermore, “conventional” synapses are present between receptor and nerve cells: The presynaptic fibers have the same structure as the fibers containing synaptic ribbons. The numbers of microfibrils and microtubules vary among postsynaptic fibers (dendrites), the pinealocyte processes, and the neurites. Thus it is difficult to obtain an exact count of the number of axons running to the brain. Efferent sympathetic nerve fibers enter the pineal organ associated with the connective tissue surrounding blood vessels. The fibers show granules of 300–500 Å diameter or 800–1,200 Å diameter. After nialamide injection, both types of granules contain a dense core. Microspectrographically serotonin and noradrenaline are demonstrated in the sympathetic nerve fibers. There is no evidence found in the material of this study to suggest that sympathetic nerve fibers perforate the basement membrane and enter the parenchymal cell complexes of the pineal organ. Pinealocyte processes and sympathetic nerve fibers often show a very similar ultrastructural pattern. The role of the avian pineal organ in photo-neuro-endocrine regulation is discussed.
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