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Quantitative analysis of the dendritic architectures of cat hypoglossal motoneurons stained intracellularly with horseradish peroxidase. 1999

Y Fukunishi, and Y Nagase, and A Yoshida, and M Moritani, and S Honma, and Y Hirose, and Y Shigenaga
Department of Oral Anatomy, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Suita, Japan.

Little is known about the dendritic architecture of cat hypoglossal motoneurons. Thus, the present study was done to provide quantitative descriptions of hypoglossal motoneurons and to determine correlations between dendritic size parameters by using the intracellular horseradish peroxidase (HRP) injection technique in the cat. Twelve hypoglossal motoneurons stained with HRP were antidromically activated by stimulation applied to the medial branch of hypoglossal nerve. Eight (type I) and four (type II) of the 12 motoneurons were located in the ventral and dorsal parts of the ventromedial subnucleus of hypoglossal nucleus, respectively. The somatodendritic morphology of the two types of neurons was remarkably different, especially in the dendritic arborization pattern. The type I neurons established an egg-shaped dendritic tree that was distributed through the nucleus to the reticular formation; the type II dendritic tree was confined within the nucleus and presented a rostrocaudally oriented, mirror-image, fan-shape appearance. The total dendritic area and length and the number of terminations and branch points were significantly larger for type I than for type II neurons. For the two types of neuron, there was a positive correlation between stem dendritic diameter and several dendritic size parameters. Although the slopes of the regression lines were slightly different between the two, these were not statistically significant. The present study provides evidence that hypoglossal motoneurons located in the ventromedial subnucleus could be divided into two types according to the dendritic arborization pattern and quantitative analysis of the dendritic tree and according to neuronal location and suggests that the two types of hypoglossal motoneurons can be viewed as intrinsically distinct cell types: type I and type II, which innervate extrinsic and intrinsic muscles, respectively. In addition, the morphometric analysis made it possible to estimate the size of the dendritic tree by measuring the stem dendritic diameter.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007002 Hypoglossal Nerve The 12th cranial nerve. The hypoglossal nerve originates in the hypoglossal nucleus of the medulla and supplies motor innervation to all of the muscles of the tongue except the palatoglossus (which is supplied by the vagus). This nerve also contains proprioceptive afferents from the tongue muscles. Cranial Nerve XII,Twelfth Cranial Nerve,Nerve XII,Nervus Hypoglossus,Cranial Nerve XIIs,Cranial Nerve, Twelfth,Cranial Nerves, Twelfth,Hypoglossal Nerves,Hypoglossus, Nervus,Nerve XII, Cranial,Nerve XIIs,Nerve XIIs, Cranial,Nerve, Hypoglossal,Nerve, Twelfth Cranial,Nerves, Hypoglossal,Nerves, Twelfth Cranial,Twelfth Cranial Nerves,XII, Nerve,XIIs, Nerve
D009046 Motor Neurons Neurons which activate MUSCLE CELLS. Neurons, Motor,Alpha Motorneurons,Motoneurons,Motor Neurons, Alpha,Neurons, Alpha Motor,Alpha Motor Neuron,Alpha Motor Neurons,Alpha Motorneuron,Motoneuron,Motor Neuron,Motor Neuron, Alpha,Motorneuron, Alpha,Motorneurons, Alpha,Neuron, Alpha Motor,Neuron, Motor
D002415 Cats The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801) Felis catus,Felis domesticus,Domestic Cats,Felis domestica,Felis sylvestris catus,Cat,Cat, Domestic,Cats, Domestic,Domestic Cat
D003712 Dendrites Extensions of the nerve cell body. They are short and branched and receive stimuli from other NEURONS. Dendrite
D006735 Horseradish Peroxidase An enzyme isolated from horseradish which is able to act as an antigen. It is frequently used as a histochemical tracer for light and electron microscopy. Its antigenicity has permitted its use as a combined antigen and marker in experimental immunology. Alpha-Peroxidase,Ferrihorseradish Peroxidase,Horseradish Peroxidase II,Horseradish Peroxidase III,Alpha Peroxidase,II, Horseradish Peroxidase,III, Horseradish Peroxidase,Peroxidase II, Horseradish,Peroxidase III, Horseradish,Peroxidase, Ferrihorseradish,Peroxidase, Horseradish
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013194 Staining and Labeling The marking of biological material with a dye or other reagent for the purpose of identifying and quantitating components of tissues, cells or their extracts. Histological Labeling,Staining,Histological Labelings,Labeling and Staining,Labeling, Histological,Labelings, Histological,Stainings

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