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Cuerpos Geniculados/citología , Sinapsis , Animales , Ojo , Haplorrinos , Microscopía Electrónica , Degeneración Nerviosa , Plata , Coloración y EtiquetadoRESUMEN
The anatomical organization of the vomeronasal complex of the rat (vomeronasal organ blood vessels, cartilage and glands) and the structure of the vomeronasal organ were studied. This organ is a tubular formation that shows different characteristics along its longitudinal axis. In its rostral portion it has a lateral flattened shape but caudally the organ acquires a typical crescent shape and a greater size. The organ is rotated along its longitudinal axis, the medial wall becoming inferior and the lateral one, superior. In its most caudal portion the organ decreases in size and ends in glandular branches. Three histological segments were recognized in the vomeronasal organ. The rostral one shows a pseudostratified epithelium surrounding all the lumen. The middle segment presents in one of its walls a similar epithelium and, in the other wall, the vomeronasal epithelium. The caudalmost segment shows a simple columnar epithelium that continues with that of glandular ducts. The vomeronasal epithelial border is formed by three types of cellular processes which intermingle, each one showing particular features: (a) microvilli originating from dendrites of bipolar cells; (b) microvilli from supporting cells and (c) micro-processes of undetermined origin. The surface of the vomeronasal epithelium shows an irregular distribution and arrangement of these processes.
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Tabique Nasal/ultraestructura , Ratas/anatomía & histología , Animales , Cilios/ultraestructura , Epitelio/ultraestructura , Femenino , Masculino , Microscopía Electrónica , Tabique Nasal/inervaciónRESUMEN
Two technical procedures were developed in order to suppress the vomeronasal organ (V.O.) of the rat. The organ was approached through the nasal or oral cavity and electrolytic or thermic lesions were respectively performed. For electrolytic lesions the projection of the organ on the nasal bone was first determined. After opening the nasal bones, the Vs. Os. were lesioned by way of an electric current applied through an electrode introduced between the mucosa and nasal septum. For thermic lesions, the projection of the V.O. on the palate's surface was determined. After opening this area and the underlying part of the maxillary bone, both Vs. Os. were cauterized.
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Cauterización/métodos , Tabique Nasal/cirugía , Ratas/cirugía , Animales , Electrocoagulación/métodos , Epitelio/cirugía , Masculino , Tabique Nasal/inervación , Técnicas EstereotáxicasRESUMEN
Control values for a) trains of sinusoidal waves, b) slow potentials and c) basal activity, were determined in rabbits whose olfactory bulbs (O.B.'s) had been implanted with chronic electrodes. One olfactory epithelium was destroyed in one group of animals and the activity of the contralateral O.B. was analyzed for 7 days. Then, the olfactory peduncle homolateral to the olfactory epithelium previously destroyed was sectioned and the bulbar activity recorded for 15 days. In another group of animals, the olfactory peduncle was sectioned and the activity of the contralateral O.B. analyzed similarly to the previous group. It was observed that no changes occurred in the contralateral O.B. after the destruction of the receptors. The sectioning of the olfactory peduncle produced a temporary increase in the amplitude and duration of the trains of sinusoidal waves from the contralateral O.B. and, only in few cases, in the amplitude of the slow potentials. These results were related to the various nervous structures that had been damaged during the operations.