期刊
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
卷 434, 期 2, 页码 233-252出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1174
关键词
interstitial neurons; layer VIb; nitric oxide; subplate
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [P01 HD 38760] Funding Source: Medline
Transient contributions of subplate neurons to the initial development of the cortex are well-characterized, yet little data are available on a subpopulation of subplate neurons that persist in the white matter (WM) of the cerebral cortex across development. To characterize the WM neurons, differential interference contrast and Nomarski optics were used to visualize individual cells in the WM in slices of rat visual cortex at postnatal ages 9-23. Soma-dendritic morphology and local axonal projection patterns, including probable synaptic innervation sites of their axons, were identified by intracellular filling with biocytin during electrophysiologic recordings. Dendritic branches of all WM neurons, tripartitioned here into upper, middle, and deep divisions, extend throughout the WM and frequently into the overlying cortex. Axonal arborizations from most WM neurons, including apparent boutons, project into adjacent WM with many also innervating overlying cortical layers, whereas some project into the stratum oriens/alveus of the hippocampal formation. Processes of a subset of WM neurons appear to be confined to the WM itself. By using antimicrotubule associated protein (MAPS) immunostaining to quantify the density of WM neurons in rat visual cortex, we find that their overall numbers decrease to approximately 30% of initial levels during postnatal development. During this same developmental period, an increasing percentage of WM neurons contain the synthetic enzyme for nitric oxide, nitric oxide synthase (NOS), as evaluated by immunostaining. Thus, WM neurons that survive the initial perinatal period of cell death are positioned under the laminae of the maturing cortex to potentially modulate the integration of visual signals through either conventional synaptic or nonconventional (diffusible NO signaling) mechanisms. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss. Inc.
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