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  • Title: Histological studies of trophic dependencies in crayfish giant axons.
    Author: Meyer MR, Bittner GD.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1978 Mar 24; 143(2):195-211. PubMed ID: 630407.
    Abstract:
    Medial giant (MGA) and lateral giant (LGA) axons of crayfish were doubly cut in order to selectively isolate axonal segments from perikaryal and transsynaptic sources of trophic input. Isolated MGA segments remained morphologically intact for over 43 days, whereas isolated LGA segments usually degenerated within one week. The glial sheaths around isolated MGA segments had significantly increased in thickness within one week, but severed LGA segments showed no increase in sheath thickness at any time after lesioning. These data suggest that cells of the surrounding glial sheath can provide trophic support to isolated MGA segments but not to isolated LGA segments. Extent of glial hypertrophy seems dependent upon specific spatiotemporal parameters. The diameters of isolated MGA segments decreased more rapidly than the diameters of singly cut MGA segments. These data suggest that the MGA also receives some trophic support from pre- or postsynaptic sources. Conversely, some singly cut LGA segments completely degenerated within one week, whereas other singly cut LGA segments remained intact for at least 43 days after lesioning. Such results suggest that the LGA receives a significant trophic input from pre- or postsynaptic structures.
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