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Scanning electron microscopy of epiplexus macrophages (Kolmer cells) in the dog
Author(s) -
Allen Delmas J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.901610205
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , biology , transmission electron microscopy , ependyma , anatomy , electron microscope , bleb (medicine) , pathology , microscopy , central nervous system , materials science , nanotechnology , neuroscience , optics , medicine , physics , trabeculectomy , glaucoma , composite material
Young dogs (6–14 weeks) were perfused with buffered aldehydes by standard techniques. The inferior medullary velum and tela choroidea were removed intact from the fourth ventricle, post‐osmicated, dehydrated, critical point dried, coated with palladium‐gold and examined in a Cambridge Stereoscan S4 scanning electron microscope. Selected samples after thorough scanning were routinely prepared for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). This study depicts numerous epiplexus (Kolmer cell) macrophages that exhibit extreme polymorphism. Because of the pleomorphic nature of these cells and their processes, classification based on external morphology is not practical. TEM shows their internal structure to be that of a macrophage. Bleb‐like structures and bulbous projections appear to emerge from certain ependymal cell surfaces which seem to be completely or partially devoid of cilia.