Some peculiar synaptic complexes in the first visual ganglion of the fly, Musca domestica.
Cell Tissue Res
; 173(3): 287-308, 1976 Oct 13.
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ABSTRACT
In the lamina ganglionaris, the first optic ganglion of the fly, the inventory of cell types as well as the patterns of their connections are well known from light microscopic investigations. Even the synaptic contacts are known with relative completeness. However, the structural details visible on electron micrographs are very difficult to interpret in functional terms. This paper concentrates on two aspects 1) the synaptic complex between a retinula cell axon and four postsynaptic elements, arranged in a constant elongated array (it is suggested that all synapses in which the retinula cell is presynaptic are of this kind), and 2) the "gnarl" complex in which a presynaptic specialization in one neuron is separated from another neuron by a complicated glial invagination. The participation of glia at postsynaptic sites seems to be quite common in this ganglion. Occasionally it seems that a glia cell is the only postsynaptic partner facing a presynaptic specialization within a neuron.
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Assunto principal:
Sinapses
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Vias Visuais
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Moscas Domésticas
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1976
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