The Projections to the Spinal Cord of the Rat During Development: A Timetable of Descent

Egbert Lakke

ISBN 10: 3540618783 / ISBN 13: 9783540618782

Published by Springer, Springer, 1997

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The studies described here were carried out in the Neuroregulation Group at the Department of Physiology of the University of Leiden. Over the last decade this group has, in close collaboration with the departments of neurosurgery and urology of the Academic Hospital of Leiden, studied development and regeneration of the spinal cord and its peripheral nerves both from a neuroanatomical and a clinical perspective. During this period the development of brainstem projections to the spinal cord of the rat was studied with a retrograde tracing technique. Horseradish peroxidase was injected into the spinal cord of rat fetuses, both at different ages, and at different levels of the spinal cord. These studies aimed to discover regularities in the behavior of descending fiber systems that could yield insight into the logic that the nervous system must employ to structure its connectional pattern during development. Such insight might then be applied to improve regeneration of the nervous system.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Projections to the Spinal Cord of the Rat During Development: A Timetable of Descent
• Publisher: Springer, Springer
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540618783
• ISBN 13: 9783540618782
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 9D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 254 grams

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Synopsis

The studies described here were carried out in the Neuroregulation Group at the Department of Physiology of the University of Leiden. Over the last decade this group has, in close collaboration with the departments of neurosurgery and urology of the Academic Hospital of Leiden, studied development and regeneration of the spinal cord and its peripheral nerves both from a neuroanatomical and a clinical perspective. During this period the development of brainstem projections to the spinal cord of the rat was studied with a retrograde tracing technique. Horseradish peroxidase was injected into the spinal cord of rat fetuses, both at different ages, and at different levels of the spinal cord. These studies aimed to discover regularities in the behavior of descending fiber systems that could yield insight into the logic that the nervous system must employ to structure its connectional pattern during development. Such insight might then be applied to improve regeneration of the nervous system.

Review

This volume examines the results of a study on a timetable for the development of the supra-spinal descending projections. This research will serve as a reference table for all studies that describe other parameters of development in the spinal cord and brain-stem (enzyme-histochemistry, immunocytochemistry, neurophysiology, etc.). The book provides essential data on the physical development of the descending projections to the spinal cord for those investigators who study the development of functional parameters (neurochemical, electrophysiological, etc.) in these projections. -- Book Description