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  • Title: Freeze-fracture ultrastructure of rat C.N.S. and P.N.S. nonmyelinated axolemma.
    Author: Black JA, Foster RE, Waxman SG.
    Journal: J Neurocytol; 1981 Dec; 10(6):981-93. PubMed ID: 7310484.
    Abstract:
    The axolemma of nonmyelinated fibres from the corpus callosum and cerebellar cortex (C.N.S.) and the vagus nerve (P.N.S.) was investigated with freeze-fracture electron microscopy. The major observations of this study are as follows: (1) there is a highly asymmetrical distribution of intramembranous particles between the E- and P-fracture faces in both C.N.S. and P.N.S. fibres; (2) the total number of particles on the P-faces of all axonal types studied is considerably greater than that on the E-face; (3) the number of particles on the E-faces of C.N.S. axons is greater than that on the E-faces of P.N.S. axons; and (4) the percentage of large (greater than 9.6 nm) particles is greater on the E-face than on the P-face regardless of the axon studied. The results are compared with previous freeze-fracture investigations on the nodal and intermodal membranes of myelinated fibres.
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