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Synchronous neurite branchings in single goldfish retinal ganglion cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

A. T. Ishida  and
M.- H. Cheng
A. T. Ishida
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, University of California, Davis
M.- H. Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, University of California, Davis
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Abstract

We have examined the time course of branch formation in neurites of retinal ganglion cells isolated from adult goldfish (Carassius auratus). These neurites elongate at approximately 13 μm/h, and usually branch by bifurcation of growth cones at their tips. The times elapsed between branchings in different neurites of single cells can be described by a Poisson distribution with a mean interval of approximately 2 h. As predicted by this distribution, a relatively large number of branchings occur simultaneously in different neurites of individual cells. Simultaneous branchings of neurites elongating at a common rate generate branch points that lay equidistant from their soma. Since similar branching patterns can be seen in dendrites of retinal ganglion and amacrine cells in situ, these results are consistent with the possibility that dendrites of individual neurons branch synchronously and grow at common rates during development.

Keywords

Retinal ganglion cellsBranching patternsNeuritesDendritic development
Type
Research Articles
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 537 - 549
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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