Vol 66, No 2 (2007)
Original article
Submitted: 2012-02-06
Published online: 2007-03-09
Scanning electron microscopic observations on the third ventricular floor of the rat following cervical sympathectomy
T. Chacko Mathew
Folia Morphol 2007;66(2):94-99.
Vol 66, No 2 (2007)
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Submitted: 2012-02-06
Published online: 2007-03-09
Abstract
Various investigators have shown that unilateral ganglionectomy or transection
of the internal and external carotid nerves leads to a regenerative response in the ipsilateral superior cervical ganglion and to uninjured mature sympathetic neurons sprouting into bilaterally innervated shared target organs. In this study changes in the supraependymal neuronal network following unilateral and bilateral
cervical sympathectomy on the infundibular floor of the third ventricle were studied by scanning electron microscopy in comparison with normal and sham-operated control animals. After unilateral cervical sympathectomy there was a great increase in the number of varicose nerve fibres on the infundibular floor as compared to the normal and sham-operated control animals. Not only was there an increase in the number of nerve fibres, but also their varicosities were substantially larger than those normally present on the ependymal surface. This study indicates the possible sympathetic projections from the superior cervical
ganglia to the ependymal surface of the third cerebral ventricle.
Abstract
Various investigators have shown that unilateral ganglionectomy or transection
of the internal and external carotid nerves leads to a regenerative response in the ipsilateral superior cervical ganglion and to uninjured mature sympathetic neurons sprouting into bilaterally innervated shared target organs. In this study changes in the supraependymal neuronal network following unilateral and bilateral
cervical sympathectomy on the infundibular floor of the third ventricle were studied by scanning electron microscopy in comparison with normal and sham-operated control animals. After unilateral cervical sympathectomy there was a great increase in the number of varicose nerve fibres on the infundibular floor as compared to the normal and sham-operated control animals. Not only was there an increase in the number of nerve fibres, but also their varicosities were substantially larger than those normally present on the ependymal surface. This study indicates the possible sympathetic projections from the superior cervical
ganglia to the ependymal surface of the third cerebral ventricle.
Keywords
third cerebral ventricle; supraependymal nerve fibres; superior cervical ganglia; cervical sympathectomy; rat
Title
Scanning electron microscopic observations on the third ventricular floor of the rat following cervical sympathectomy
Journal
Folia Morphologica
Issue
Vol 66, No 2 (2007)
Article type
Original article
Pages
94-99
Published online
2007-03-09
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Folia Morphol 2007;66(2):94-99.
Keywords
third cerebral ventricle
supraependymal nerve fibres
superior cervical ganglia
cervical sympathectomy
rat