Author:
Allen Lynne,Anderson Susan,Wender Regina,Meakin Paul,Ransom Bruce R.,Ray David E.,Brown Angus M.
Abstract
We used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrophysiological techniques to characterize the morphology and stimulus-evoked compound action potential (CAP), respectively, of the adult mouse optic nerve (MON). Electrophysiological recordings demonstrated an identical CAP profile for each MON. An initial peak, smallest in area and presumably composed of the fastest-conducting axons displayed the lowest threshold for activation as expected for large axons. The second peak, the largest, was presumably composed of axons of intermediate diameter and conduction velocity, and the third peak was composed of the slowest and presumably smallest axons. In 10 mM fructose, the first CAP peak area was reduced by 78%, but the second and third peaks were unaffected. Histological analysis revealed a cross-sectional area of 33,346 μm2, containing 24,068 axons per MON. All axons were myelinated and axon diameter ranged from 0.09 to 2.58 μm, although 80 ± 6% of the axons were <0.75 μm in diameter and only 0.6 ± 0.3% of the axons were >2 μm in diameter. After bathing in fructose for 2 h 94 ± 2% of normal appearing axons were <0.75 μm in diameter and none were >1.5 μm—all of the larger axons being grossly abnormal in structure. We conclude that fructose is unable to support function of the larger axons contributing to the first CAP peak, thus enabling us to identify a distinct population of axons that contributes to that peak.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology,General Neuroscience
Cited by
24 articles.
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