Lack of biocytin transfer at gap junctions in the chicken vestibular nuclei

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-352

  Arabshahi, Alibad ^a   Giaume, Christian ^a,b   Peusner, Kenna D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Dye coupling; Medulla oblongata; Mixed synapse

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CHICKEN; EFFERENT NERVE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LYSINE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; SYNAPSES; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030752902     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(97)00004-X     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Arabshahi A., Giaume C. and Peusner K. D. (1996) Absence of biocytin transfer between primary vestibular fibers and vestibular sensory neurons in newborn and adult chickens. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 19, 174.
2. Bennett M. V. L. (1977) Electrical transmission: a functional analysis and comparison to chemical transmission. In: Cellular Biology of Neurons, Vol. 1, sec 1, Handbook of Physiology: The Nervous System, ed. E. R. Kandel, pp. 357-416. Williams and Wilkins, Bethesda.
3. Bennett M. V. L., Nakajima Y. and Pappas G. D. (1967) Physiology and ultrastructure of electrotonic junctions. III. Giant electromotor neurons of Malapterurus electricus. J. Neurophysiol. 30, 209-235.
4. Bennett M. V. L., Barrio L. C., Bargiello T. A., Spray D. C., Hertzberg E. and Saez J. C. (1991) Gap junctions: new tools, new answers, new questions. Neuron 6, 305-320.
5. Burt J. M. and Spray D. C. (1989) Volatile anesthetics block intercellular communication between neonatal rat myocardial cells. Circ. Res. 65, 829-837.
6. Connors B. W., Benardo L. S. and Prince D. A. (1983) Coupling between neurons of the developing rat neocortex. J. Neurosci. 3, 773-782.
7. Cox R. and Peusner K. D. (1990) Horseradish peroxidase labeling of the efferent and afferent pathways of the avian tangential vestibular nucleus. J. Comp. Neurol. 296, 324-341.
8. Cox R. and Peusner K. D. (1990) Horseradish peroxidase labeling of the central pathways in the medulla of the ampullary nerves in the chicken Gallus gallus. J. Comp. Neurol. 297, 564-581.
9. Evinger C. and Erichsen J. T. (1986) Transsynaptic retrograde transport of fragment C of tetanus toxin demonstrated by immunohistochemical localization. Brain Res. 380, 383-388.
10. Gogan P., Gueritaud J. P., Horcholle-Bossavit G. and Tyc-Dumont S. (1977) Direct excitatory interactions between spinal motoneurones of the cat. J. Physiol. Lond. 272, 755-767.
11. Gross G. H. and Oppenheim R. W. (1985) Novel sources of descending input to the spinal cord of the hatchling chick. J. Comp. Neurol. 232, 162-179.
12. Gutnick M. J., Lobel-Yaakov R. and Rimon D. (1985) Incidence of neuronal dye-coupling in neocortical slices depends on the plane of section. Neuroscience 15, 659-666.
13. Hinojosa R. (1973) Synaptic ultrastructure in the tangential nucleus of the goldfish (Carassius auratus). Am. J. Anat. 137, 159-186.
14. Labandeira-Garcia J. L., Guerra-Seijas M. J., Labandeira-Garcia J. A. and Suarez-Nuñez J. M. (1989) Afferent connections of the oculomotor nucleus in the chick. J. Comp. Neurol. 282, 523-534.
15. Labandeira-Garcia J. L., Guerra-Seijas M. J., Castroviejo-Bolivar M. A. and Jorge-Barreiro F. J. (1991) A comparative study of the tangential-oculomotor projection. J. Hirnforsch. 32, 203-209.
16. Labandeira-Garcia J. L., Guerra-Seijas M. J., Labandeira-Garcia J. A. and Jorge-Barreiro F. J. (1991) Distribution of the vestibular neurons projecting to the oculomotor and trochlear nuclei in rabbits. Brain Behav. Evol. 37, 111-124.
17. Landmesser L. and Pilar G. (1972) The onset and development of transmission in the chick ciliary ganglion. J. Physiol. (Lond) 222, 691-713.
18. Lin J. W. and Faber D. S. (1988) Synaptic transmission mediated by single club endings on the goldfish Mauthner cell. I. Characteristics of electrotonic and chemical postsynaptic potentials. J. Neurosci. 8, 1302-1312.
19. Liu Y. and Nicholls J. (1989) Steps in the development of chemical and electrical synapses by pairs of identified leech neurons in culture. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 236, 253-268.
20. Lo Turco J. J. and Kriegstein A. R. (1991) Clusters of coupled neuroblasts in embryonic neocortex. Science 252, 563-566.
21. Mantz J., Cordier J. and Giaume C. (1993) Effects of general anesthetics on intercellular communications mediated by gap junctions between astrocytes in primary culture. Anesthesiology 78, 892-901.
22. Nelson P. G. (1966) Interaction between spinal motoneurons of the cat. J. Neurophysiol. 29, 275-287.
23. Peinado A., Yuste R. and Katz L. C. (1993) Extensive dye coupling between rat neocortical neurons during the period of circuit formation. Neuron 10, 103-114.
24. Peusner K. D. (1981) An ultrastructural study of the development of synaptic endings in the nucleus vestibularis tangentialis of the chick embryo. Neuroscience 6, 2335-2350.
25. Peusner K. D. (1984) The development of synapses and 'spoon' synaptic terminal space in the tangential vestibular nucleus: a quantitative electron microscope study. J. Comp. Neurol. 230, 372-385.
26. Peusner K. D. (1992) Development of vestibular brainstem nuclei. In Development of Auditory and Vestibular Systems 2 ed., R. Romand, pp 489-518. Elsevier, Amsterdam..
27. Peusner K. D. and Giaume C. (1989) Electrophysiological study of the tangential vestibular nucleus of the chick embryo 'in vitro'. Exp. Brain Res. 74, 80-88.
28. Peusner K. D. and Giaume C. (1994) The first developing 'mixed' synapses between vestibular sensory neurons mediate glutamate chemical transmission. Neuroscience 58, 99-113.
29. Peusner K. D. and Giaume C. (1996) Dendritic growth and changes in electrophysiological properties during development of chick vestibular neurons. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 781, 677-679.
30. Peusner K. D. and Giaume C. (1997) Ontogeny of electrophysiological properties and dendritic pattern in second-order chick vestibular neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. (in press).
31. Peusner K. D. and Morest D. K. (1977) The neuronal architecture and topography of the nucleus vestibularis tangentialis in the late chick embryo. Neuroscience 2, 189-207.
32. Rash J. E., Dillman R. K., Bilhartz B. L., Duffy H. S., Whalen L. R. and Yasumura T. (1996) Mixed synapses discovered and mapped throughout mammalian spinal cord. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93, 4235-4239.
33. Sotelo C. and Korn H. (1978) Morphological correlates of electrical and other interactions through low-resistance pathways between neurons of the vertebrate central nervous system. Int. Rev. Cytol. 55, 67-107.
34. Sotelo C. and Llinas R. (1972) Specialized membrane junctions between neurons in the vertebrate cerebellar cortex. J. Cell Biol. 53, 271-289.
35. Sotelo C. and Palay S. L. (1970) The fine structure of the lateral vestibular nucleus in the rat II. Synaptic organization. Brain Res. 18, 93-115.
36. Tuttle R., Masuko S. and Nakajima Y. (1986) Freeze-fracture study of the large myelinated club ending synapse on the goldfish Mauthner cell: special reference to the quantitative analysis of gap junctions. J. Comp. Neurol. 246, 202-211.
37. Vaney D. I. (1991) Many diverse types of retinal neurons show tracer coupling when injected with biocytin or neurobiotin. Neurosci. Lett. 125, 187-190.
38. Werman R. and Carlen P. L. (1976) Unusual behavior of the Ia EPSP in cat spinal motoneurons. Brain Res 112, 395-401.
39. Wold J. E. (1978) The vestibular nuclei in the domestic hen (Gallus domesticus): III. Ascending projections to the mesencephalic motor nuclei. J. Comp. Neurol. 179, 393-406.
40. Yang X. D., Korn H. and Faber D. S. (1990) Long-term potentiation of electrotonic coupling at mixed synapses. Nature 348, 542-545.
41. Zucker R. S. (1972) Crayfish escape behavior and central synapses. I. Neural circuit exciting lateral giant fibers. J. Neurophysiol. 35, 599-620.