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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 198, Issue 9 1989-1994, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists

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Remodelling of an intact neurone in the central nervous system of the leech

B Calabrese and M Pellegrino
Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica, Universita di Pisa, Italy.

The regeneration pattern of two identified central neurones was studied in the leech Hirudo medicinalis. Anterior pagoda (AP) and mechanosensory touch-sensitive (T) neurones were stained in adult segmental ganglia, maintained in culture for 6-10 days. AP neurones, which normally project only to the contralateral nerve roots, sprouted extensively in all the available nerve paths during regeneration. Mechanosensory T cells, in the same experimental conditions, showed only a moderate growth and did not change their normal pattern of axonal projections. The observed differences in the growth pattern might account for the different electrophysiological responses to axotomy exhibited by the two types of neurone. Interruption of interganglionic connectives induced a moderate and stereotyped remodelling of the morphology of intact AP neurones, which was reminiscent of that transiently exhibited during embryonic development. This response was observed in 25% of the AP neurones we examined.




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