Morphological, cytochemical, and cytofluorimetric features of supramedullary neurons of the fish Solea ocellata

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Cuoghi, Barbara ^a   Mola, Lucrezia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUOROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEOST;

MICROCHIRUS OCELLATUS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847190659     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066574     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Mola, L., and B. Cuoghi. 2004. The supramedullary neurons of fish: present status and goals for the future. Brain Res. Bull. 64: 195-204.
2. Bennett, M. L. V., S. M. Grain, and H. Grundfest. 1959. Electrophysiology of supramedullary neurons in Sphaeroides maculatus. I. Orthodromic and antidromic responses. J. Gen. Physiol. 43: 159-188.
3. Bennett, M. L. V., S. M. Crain, and H. Grundfest. 1959. Electrophysiology of supramedullary neurons in Sphaeroides maculatus. II. Properties of the electrically excitable membrane. J. Gen. Physiol. 43: 189-219.
4. Bennett, M. L. V., S. M. Grain, and H. Grundfest. 1959. Electrophysiology of supramedullary neurons in Sphaeroides maculatus. III. Organization of the supramedullary neurons. J. Gen. Physiol. 43: 221-250.
5. Bennett, M. V. L., Y. Nakajima, and G. D. Pappas. 1967. Physiology and ultrastructure of electrotonic junctions. I. Supramedullary neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 30: 161-179.
6. Zottoli, S. J., D. E. W. Arnolds, N. O. Asamoah, C. Chevez, S. N. Fuller, N. A. Hiza, J. E. Nierman, and L. A. Taboada. 2001. Dye coupling evidence for gap junctions between supramedullary/dorsal neurons of the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus. Biol. Bull. 201: 277-278.
7. Mola, L., B. Cuoghi, M. Mandrioli, and M. Marini. 2001. DNA endoreplication in the cluster supramedullary neurons of the puffer-fish Diodon holacanthus L. (Osteichthyes). Histochem. J. 33: 59-63.
8. Sassi, D., G. C. Manicardi, L. Mola, and I. Benedetti. 1995. Cytofluorimetric evidence for differential genome endoreplication in the cluster of Lophius piscatorius L. (Osteichthyes, Lophiiformes). Eur. J. Histochem. 39: 117-126.
9. Mola, L., M. Mandrioli, B. Cuoghi, and D. Sonetti. 2006. DNA endoreplication: what did you not expect from neurons. Pp. 39-60 in New Trends in Brain Research, F. J. Chen, ed. Nova Science Publishers, New York.
10. Benedetti, I., D. Sassi, G. Mescoli, and G. C. Manicardi. 1999. High values of DNA content in the hypotalamic neurons of Lophius piscatorius and Diodon holacanthus (Osteichthyes). Caryologia 52: 141-146.
11. Gillette, R. 1991. On the significance of neuronal giantism in gastropods. Biol Bull 180: 234-240.
12. Manicardi, G. C., D. Bizzaro, D. Sonetti, F. Lombardo, and U. Bianchi. 1992. Amplification of GC-rich DNAs in neuronal nuclei of Planorbaruis corneus (L.) (Mollusca, Pulmonata), Eur. J. Histochem. 36: 303-309.
13. Funakoshi, K., T. Kadota, Y. Atobe, M. Nakano, R. C. Goris, and R. Kishida. 1998. Gastrin/CCK-ergic innervation of cutaneous mucous gland by the supramedullary cells of the puffer fish Takifugu niphobles. Neurosci Lett. 258: 171-174.
14. Hirazawa, N., S. Oshima, T. Mitsuboshi, and S. Yamashita. 2003. Mucus pH of the tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes is an important factor for host identification by the monogenean Heterobothrium okamokoi. Parasitology 127: 225-230.
15. Zottoli, S. J., F. R. Akanki, N. A. Hiza, D. A. Ho-Sang, Jr., M. Motta, X. Tan, and K. M. Watts. 1999. Physiological characterization of supramedullary/dorsal neurons of the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus. Biol. Bull. 197: 239-240.
16. Nakajima, Y., G. B. Pappas, and M. V. L. Bennett. 1965. The fine structure of the supramedullary neurons of the puffer with special reference to endocellular and pericellular capillaries. Am. J. Anat. 116: 471-492.
17. Bernocchi, G., G. F. De Stefano, F. Porcelli, C. A. Redi, and M. G. Manfredi Romanini. 1976. Feulgen reaction hydrolysis kinetics in the interphase and metaphase. Nucleus (Calcutta) 19: 141-149.
18. Benedetti, I., and L. Mola. 1988. Survey of neuropeptide-like immunoreactivity in supramedullary neurons of Coris julis (L.). Brain Res. 449: 373-376.
19. Dahlgren, U. 1897. The giant ganglion cells in the spinal cord of the order Heterosomata COPE (Anacanthini Pleuronectoidei Guenther). Anat. Anz. 13: 281-293.
20. Tagliani, G. 1899. Ueber die Riesennervenzellen im Rückenmarke von Solea impar. Anat. Anz. 15: 234-237.