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Ultrastructural Features of Myenteric Ganglia of Adult Wistar Rats ( Rattus norvegicus )
Author(s) -
Natali M. R. M.,
Miranda Neto M. H.,
Orsi A. M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2000.00293.x
Subject(s) - neuropil , myenteric plexus , ultrastructure , cell bodies , basal lamina , biology , synaptic vesicle , anatomy , basal ganglia , pathology , neuroscience , immunohistochemistry , central nervous system , vesicle , medicine , genetics , membrane , immunology
Summary The ultrastructural features of the ganglia of the myenteric plexus exhibit changes according to the animal species. These myenteric ganglia in the duodenum of adult rats of the Wistar strain were characterized ultrastructurally in this work. Those ganglia were depicted as compact structures, composed of neurones and glial cells, forming a dense neuropil surrounded by a continuous basal lamina and collagen fibrils. Glial cell bodies were smaller and apparently more frequent than neuronal cell bodies, being morphologically distinguished by nuclear features. In the neuronal extensions granular and agranular synaptic vesicles of different sizes predominate, in addition to mitochondria and myelinized profiles. Gliofilaments were not observed on the glial extensions of the rats.