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The neuropathology of DFP at cat soleus neuromuscular junction. 1978

E J Glazer, and T Baker, and W F Riker

The fine structure of the cat soleus neuromuscular junction was studied following a single intra-arterial injection of di-isopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) into the right femoral artery. DFP induced separate subacute and delayed morphologic changes in soleus non-myelinated motor nerve terminals. Three days after DFP administration motor nerve terminals were reduced in number. Subacute DFP damage was also noted in the subneural apparatus and in the immediate subjacent muscle. Both pre- and post-junctional subacute changes were resolved two weeks post-DFP. One week following this initial regeneration, soleus motor nerve terminals underwent a delayed transient degeneration, followed by reinnervation of damaged endplates 6--8 weeks following DFP. Quantitative analysis of methylene blue-stained intramuscular nerves indicated that both subacutely and chronically denervated soleus muscle fibres were reinnervated by regeneration of the original motor axon. Reinnervation by means of collateral sprouting was insignificant. This mechanism of reinnervation and the rapidity with which it occurred suggests that both subacute and delayed soleus motor nerve damage is initiated from local actions of DFP on the non-myelinated terminal. The subacute reaction probably results from a direct cytotoxic action of DFP at pre- and post-junctional sites. The delayed nerve terminal degeneration may also stem from an acute effect not immediately detrimental to nerve function.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007531 Isoflurophate A di-isopropyl-fluorophosphate which is an irreversible cholinesterase inhibitor used to investigate the NERVOUS SYSTEM. DFP,Diisopropylfluorophosphate,Fluostigmine,Bis(1-methylethyl) Phosphorofluoridate,Di-isopropylphosphorofluoridate,Diisopropylphosphofluoridate,Dyflos,Floropryl,Fluorostigmine,Di isopropylphosphorofluoridate
D009045 Motor Endplate The specialized postsynaptic region of a muscle cell. The motor endplate is immediately across the synaptic cleft from the presynaptic axon terminal. Among its anatomical specializations are junctional folds which harbor a high density of cholinergic receptors. Motor End-Plate,End-Plate, Motor,End-Plates, Motor,Endplate, Motor,Endplates, Motor,Motor End Plate,Motor End-Plates,Motor Endplates
D009416 Nerve Regeneration Renewal or physiological repair of damaged nerve tissue. Nerve Tissue Regeneration,Nervous Tissue Regeneration,Neural Tissue Regeneration,Nerve Tissue Regenerations,Nervous Tissue Regenerations,Neural Tissue Regenerations,Regeneration, Nerve,Regeneration, Nerve Tissue,Regeneration, Nervous Tissue,Regeneration, Neural Tissue,Tissue Regeneration, Nerve,Tissue Regeneration, Nervous,Tissue Regeneration, Neural
D009469 Neuromuscular Junction The synapse between a neuron and a muscle. Myoneural Junction,Nerve-Muscle Preparation,Junction, Myoneural,Junction, Neuromuscular,Junctions, Myoneural,Junctions, Neuromuscular,Myoneural Junctions,Nerve Muscle Preparation,Nerve-Muscle Preparations,Neuromuscular Junctions,Preparation, Nerve-Muscle,Preparations, Nerve-Muscle
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
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
D001369 Axons Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body. Axon
D012583 Schwann Cells Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. Schwann Cell,Cell, Schwann,Cells, Schwann
D013569 Synapses Specialized junctions at which a neuron communicates with a target cell. At classical synapses, a neuron's presynaptic terminal releases a chemical transmitter stored in synaptic vesicles which diffuses across a narrow synaptic cleft and activates receptors on the postsynaptic membrane of the target cell. The target may be a dendrite, cell body, or axon of another neuron, or a specialized region of a muscle or secretory cell. Neurons may also communicate via direct electrical coupling with ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES. Several other non-synaptic chemical or electric signal transmitting processes occur via extracellular mediated interactions. Synapse
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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