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Early dendritic outgrowth of primate retinal ganglion cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Michael A. Kirby  and
Thomas C. Steineke
Michael A. Kirby
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Anatomy, and the Division of Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
Thomas C. Steineke
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Anatomy, and the Division of Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
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Abstract

The pattern of dendritic stratification of retinal ganglion cells in the fetal monkey (Macaca mulatta) was examined using horseradish peroxidase and retinal explants. Ganglion cells in the rhesus monkey are born between embryonic day (E) 30–70 (La Vail et al., 1983). At E60, E67, and E68, approximately 50% of all ganglion cells within the central 3.0 mm of the retina had dendritic arbors that were unistratified within the inner plexiform layer (IPL), while the remaining 50% had bistratified arbors. Unistratified cells had relatively flat arbors that ramified within a restricted portion of the IPL. In contrast, bistratified cells had one portion of the arbor that branched in the inner half of the IPL and a second portion that branched in the outer half of the IPL. Relatively few bistratified cells were encountered in the central 1.0 mm of the retina but were more numerous with increasing eccentricity. At E81, E90, and E110, the dendritic arbors of ganglion cells increased in both area and complexity, but occupied a relatively small percentage of the total depth of the IPL. The bistratified cells encountered at these fetal ages were typically located in the far retinal periphery. Between E125-E140, the dendritic arbors of individual ganglion cells increased in area and depth to occupy a greater proportion of the total IPL than at earlier fetal ages.

These observations suggest that ganglion cells in the macaque undergo at least three stages of dendritic stratification: (1) an initial period of dendritic growth during which the cells have either unistratified or bistratified dendritic arbors; (2) a loss of the majority of bistratified cells through cell death or remodeling of the arbor; and (3) growth or expansion of the arbor to occupy a greater percentage of the total depth of the IPL. The first two stages are similar to recent observations in the fetal cat (Maslim & Stone, 1988) with the exception that dendritic development in the primate lacks an initial diffuse ingrowth to the IPL. Additionally, primate ganglion cells undergo a third stage of dendritic growth in late fetal development during which the arbor occupies a greater proportion of the depth of the IPL.

Keywords

Dendritic stratificationRetinaDevelopmentPrimate
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Research Articles
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 7 , Issue 6 , December 1991 , pp. 513 - 530
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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