TY - JOUR
T1 - The transverse bands as a means of access to the periaxonal space of the central myelinated nerve fiber
AU - Hirano, Asao
AU - Dembitzer, Herbert M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Two groups of young adult albino rats (ca. 250 g) were used. In the first group, small pellets of lanthanum nitrate were implanted into the forebrain by means of a No. 20 trochar 1 This investigation was supported in part by United States Public Health Service Research Grant No. B-3533 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, National Institutes of Health.
PY - 1969/7
Y1 - 1969/7
N2 - The distribution of a tracer, lanthanum, in the brain was examined in the electron microscope both after implantation and after immersion of fixed small blocks. In both cases, the distribution was essentially the same. It was found in the extracellular spaces, between myelin lamellae, between the transverse bands at the nodes of Ranvier, and within the periaxonal space. It was concluded that the transverse bands consist of several, separate, parallel bands which, with their intervening spaces, trace a continuous helical path from the extracellular spaces at the nodes of Ranvier to the periaxonal spaces.
AB - The distribution of a tracer, lanthanum, in the brain was examined in the electron microscope both after implantation and after immersion of fixed small blocks. In both cases, the distribution was essentially the same. It was found in the extracellular spaces, between myelin lamellae, between the transverse bands at the nodes of Ranvier, and within the periaxonal space. It was concluded that the transverse bands consist of several, separate, parallel bands which, with their intervening spaces, trace a continuous helical path from the extracellular spaces at the nodes of Ranvier to the periaxonal spaces.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-5320(69)90012-4
DO - 10.1016/S0022-5320(69)90012-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 5791690
AN - SCOPUS:0014541776
SN - 0022-5320
VL - 28
SP - 141
EP - 149
JO - Journal of Ultrasructure Research
JF - Journal of Ultrasructure Research
IS - 1-2
ER -