COMPARISON OF SUCCINATE-DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY AND SOMA SIZE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG NEURONS IN DORSAL-ROOT GANGLIA OF RATS AND CATS

Authors
ISHIHARA A ROY RR EDGERTON VR
Citation
A. Ishihara et al., COMPARISON OF SUCCINATE-DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY AND SOMA SIZE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG NEURONS IN DORSAL-ROOT GANGLIA OF RATS AND CATS, Brain research, 716(1-2), 1996, pp. 183-186
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068993
Volume
716
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
183 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(1996)716:1-2<183:COSAAS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Compared to dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons at L(5) in rats, DRG ne urons at L(7) in cat have a larger mean soma size, a bimodal rather th an unimodal distribution of sizes and lower succinate dehydrogenase (S DH) activities for neurons of all sizes. In contrast to spinal motoneu rons in both cats and rats, the larger DRG neurons have the higher SDH activities. The 10-20% higher SDH activity of DRG cells in rats than in cats may reflect, in part, a species difference of about 40% in met abolic rates.