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Studies to improve fixation of human nerves. V. Effect of temperature, fixative and CaCl2 on density of microtubules and neurofilaments. 1976

A Ohnishi, and P C O'Brien, and P J Dyck

Utilizing morphometry of electron micrographs of nerves of rat fixed with different schedules of fixation it was concluded that: irrespective of the fixative, fixation at low temperature is associated with markedly low densities of microtubules (MT) of myelinated and of unmyelinated fibers; of the various fixatives tested 2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer without 0.025 M CaCl2 was associated with the highest density of MT of myelinated fibers and the addition of 0.025 M CaCl2 to a 2% glutaraldehyde fixative solution is associated with abnormally low densities of MT in myelinated and unmyelinated fibers. An effect of temperature, fixative and added CaCl2 on neurofilaments density was not demonstrated. Using the criterion of density of MT and assuming that these studies on rat nerves can be applied to biopsied nerve of man, fixation of human nerves should be at room or body temperature, and the fixative solution should not contain 0.025 M CaCl2.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008870	Microtubules	Slender, cylindrical filaments found in the cytoskeleton of plant and animal cells. They are composed of the protein TUBULIN and are influenced by TUBULIN MODULATORS.	Microtubule
D009454	Neurofibrils	The delicate interlacing threads, formed by aggregations of neurofilaments and neurotubules, coursing through the CYTOPLASM of the body of a NEURON and extending from one DENDRITE into another or into the AXON.	Neurofibril
D010525	Peripheral Nerves	The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium.	Endoneurium,Epineurium,Perineurium,Endoneuriums,Epineuriums,Nerve, Peripheral,Nerves, Peripheral,Perineuriums,Peripheral Nerve
D002122	Calcium Chloride	A salt used to replenish calcium levels, as an acid-producing diuretic, and as an antidote for magnesium poisoning.	Calcium Chloride Dihydrate,Calcium Chloride, Anhydrous
D006652	Histological Techniques	Methods of preparing tissue for examination and study of the origin, structure, function, or pathology.	Histologic Technic,Histologic Technics,Histologic Technique,Histologic Techniques,Histological Technics,Technic, Histologic,Technics, Histologic,Technique, Histologic,Techniques, Histologic,Histological Technic,Histological Technique,Technic, Histological,Technics, Histological,Technique, Histological,Techniques, Histological
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
D013696	Temperature	The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.	Temperatures
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus