The innervation of chick striated muscle fibers by the chick ciliary ganglion in tissue culture
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This communication deals with the formation in tissue culture of neuromuscular junctions between the autonomic ciliary ganglion and leg muscle fibers of the chick. The chick ciliary ganglion was chosen because it contains only two types of neurons which are both cholinergic. One type of neuron innervates the ciliary body and the sphincter iridis. In the chick both muscles differ from the corresponding smooth muscles in mammals. The internal structure is that of a fast striated muscle except that it lacks sarcolemmal foldings at the neuromuscular junction. The second type of ciliary neuron innervates smooth muscles in the choroid plexus of the eye. Present results show that in tissue culture at least one of the two types of ciliary neurons is capable of forming functional contacts with skeletal muscle.
Chemicals/CAS: Atropine, 51-55-8; Physostigmine, 57-47-6; Tubocurarine, 57-95-4
Chemicals/CAS: Atropine, 51-55-8; Physostigmine, 57-47-6; Tubocurarine, 57-95-4
Topics
ChickenCholinergic nerveCiliary ganglionIn vitro studyMuscleMuscle innervationNeuromuscular synapseSynaptogenesisTheoretical studyTissue cultureAnimalAtropineChick EmbryoElectrophysiologyGanglia, AutonomicLegMorphogenesisNeuromuscular JunctionParasympathetic Nervous SystemPhysostigmineSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionTissue CultureTubocurarine
TNO Identifier
227801
ISSN
00068993
Source
Brain Research, 85(1), pp. 79-85.
Pages
79-85
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