PMID- 1719045
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19911203
LR  - 20161123
IS  - 0021-9967 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9967 (Linking)
VI  - 311
IP  - 1
DP  - 1991 Sep 1
TI  - Light microscopic Golgi study of mitral/tufted cells in the accessory olfactory 
      bulb of the adult rat.
PG  - 65-83
AB  - Mitral/tufted cells (MTCs) of the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) of adult rats 
      were investigated light microscopically with the rapid Golgi method. The somata 
      of the MTCs, appearing ovoid or triangular in shape, are distributed throughout 
      the external plexiform layer. The soma size varies from small to large (12-26 
      microns). Apical dendrites originating from the soma enter the glomerular layer 
      to provide branches that form the glomerular arbors. After making a glomerular 
      arbor, some dendrites develop a second arbor (en passant and terminal arbors, 
      respectively). The MTCs have a very diverse dendritic branching pattern and most 
      have a variable number of glomerular arbors per cell (up to 6); we have 
      tentatively classified the MTCs into simple, intermediate, and complex. Of the 
      glomerular arbors, 80% have a diameter of less than 50 microns. The glomerular 
      arbors have been classified as baskets (small spherical or ovoid) with short 
      loopy processes; balls of yarn (large and nearly spherical) with loosely 
      intermingled thick loops; and bushes (small to large and rather polymorphic) with 
      irregular processes. The MTCs send dendritic arbors to terminate in one or more 
      glomeruli where they are arranged in several different types of endings. Since it 
      is generally believed that the dendrites of mitral and tufted cells of the main 
      olfactory bulb terminate in only one glomerulus, the difference in the 
      termination of the dendrites of the MTCs may represent a morphological 
      characteristic that is relevant to the coding and/or integration of sensory 
      information.
FAU - Takami, S
AU  - Takami S
AD  - Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee 
      32306-3050.
FAU - Graziadei, P P
AU  - Graziadei PP
LA  - eng
GR  - NS 20699/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Comp Neurol
JT  - The Journal of comparative neurology
JID - 0406041
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Dendrites/ultrastructure
MH  - Golgi Apparatus/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Nerve Fibers, Myelinated/ultrastructure
MH  - Olfactory Bulb/*cytology
MH  - Rats
MH  - Rats, Inbred Strains/*anatomy & histology
MH  - Species Specificity
MH  - Staining and Labeling
MH  - Ultrasonography
EDAT- 1991/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 1991/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 1991/09/01 00:00
PHST- 1991/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1991/09/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/09/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/cne.903110106 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Comp Neurol. 1991 Sep 1;311(1):65-83. doi: 10.1002/cne.903110106.