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Changes in the ventral dendrite of Mauthner neurons in goldfish after optokinetic stimulation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18975109     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Recent studies have established that following an optomotor drum rotating in the direction contralateral to that spontaneously preferred by goldfish fry inverts their motor asymmetry. Studies of the structure of Mauthner neurons (MN) using the histological technique of three-dimensional reconstruction along with measurement of the volumes of the right and left MN in these fish showed that the ipsilateral MN underwent a three-fold reduction in the volume of the ventral dendrite (VD), which was in inverse proportion to the functional activity of the MN. The total volume of the contralateral MN was 25% larger than the volume of the ipsilateral MN, the situation typical of intact fish. It is suggested that the decreases in the size of the VD receiving afferentation from the contralateral eye, which follows the moving band of the optomotor drum, results from the specific contralateral visual stimulation, and is the first evidence of the possible natural stimulation of the MN via the VD.
Authors:
R Sh Shtanchaev; G Z Mikhailova; N Yu Dektyareva; N A Kokanova; D A Moshkov
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-10-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuroscience and behavioral physiology     Volume:  38     ISSN:  0097-0549     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurosci. Behav. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2008 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-11-07     Completed Date:  2009-04-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0330471     Medline TA:  Neurosci Behav Physiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  917-21     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Neuron Ultrastructure, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Size
Dendrites / physiology*
Functional Laterality
Goldfish
Immobilization
Medulla Oblongata / cytology*,  physiology
Motor Activity
Neurons / cytology*
Photic Stimulation
Swimming

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