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Histochemical Study of Localization in Rat Spinal Cord

K. NANDY, MD, MS, PhD; G. H. BOURNE, DSc, DPhil

Arch Neurol. 1964;11(5):547-553.

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Introduction

Previous studies on the distribution of adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) have been carried out mostly on paraffin sections and have resulted largely in a critical analysis of methodology rather than in an interpretation of the results. The biochemical studies by Robin and Smith¹⁸ showed significant variation in the chemical composition of different parts of the gray areas of the central nervous system, and those of Naidoo and Pratt¹⁵ yielded different results under different conditions. Although the enzymes have been studied histochemically in brain stem,⁶ cerebral cortex,^11,15 and spinal ganglia and cerebellum,^21,22 little has been done so far on the spinal cord. The present work was undertaken on cryostat sections and using the enzyme techniques currently in favor.

Material and Method

Healthy young adult rats were killed by decapitation without anesthesia, and the pieces of spinal cord, mostly from the cervical and thoracic regions, were taken . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ATLANTA

Department of Anatomy and Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 13, 1964; accepted July 2.

This work was supported by grant (NB-01914) from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness.

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