Target tissues affect cellular properties of cocultured leech Retzius neurons
✍ Scribed by French, Kathleen A. ;Murphy, Joyce A. ;Szczupak, Lidia
- Book ID
- 101258331
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 273 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3034
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✦ Synopsis
The development of many neurons, with peripheral targets determines the sign of Rz neuincluding the Retzius (Rz) neurons of the medicinal rons' response to acetylcholine (ACh) applied to the leech, is shaped in part by interactions with other soma, these cultured neurons maintained their origicells in the environment. To explore the nature of the nal response to ACh even after as long as 2 weeks interaction between growing Rz processes and potenin culture on novel targets. Hence, some features of tial target tissues, adult Rz neurons were cultured dicultured adult Rz neurons varied depending upon the rectly in contact with some of the tissues that normally conditions, whereas other features remained fixed. serve as their targets in vivo. The morphology of the