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Ultrastructural evidence related to presynaptic inhibition of primary muscle afferents in Clarke's column of the cat

B Walmsley, E Wieniawa-Narkiewicz and MJ Nicol
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1987, 7 (1) 236-243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.07-01-00236.1987
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Abstract

As part of an investigation on excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian CNS, we have examined ultrastructural details of the synaptic connection between primary afferent fibers and dorsal spinocerebellar tract (DSCT) neurons in Clarke's column of the cat spinal cord. Single primary muscle afferents (group Ia and Ib) and DSCT neurons were identified and stained intracellularly with HRP. The terminations of these afferent fibers were examined in serial sections under the EM. Five of 6 Ib boutons and 1 of 14 Ia boutons were contacted by small presynaptic boutons. An example was illustrated in which only 1 out of 7 boutons arising from the same Ia fiber and contacting the same postsynaptic DSCT neuron was contacted by a presynaptic bouton. It is likely that the presynaptic contacts are responsible for presynaptic inhibition of synaptic transmission between primary afferents and DSCT neurons. We have proposed that the observed differences in presynaptic contacts from bouton to bouton may be one of the causes of a nonuniformity in the probability of transmitter release between release sites at this connection.

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B Walmsley, E Wieniawa-Narkiewicz, MJ Nicol
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1987, 7 (1) 236-243; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.07-01-00236.1987

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B Walmsley, E Wieniawa-Narkiewicz, MJ Nicol
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1987, 7 (1) 236-243; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.07-01-00236.1987
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