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Development of Purkinje cells in the ovine brain
Salouci, Moustafa; Engelen, Virginie; Gyan, Mathilda et al.
2012In Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 41 (3), p. 227–232
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Keywords :
Purkinje cells; development; sheep; fetus; cerebellum; maturation
Abstract :
[en] Purkinje cells are involved in many vital functions within the body. Twenty ovine fetuses ranging from 2 to 5 months of gestation, two lambs in the first week after birth and three adult sheep were studied. Sections of the cerebellum were stained with haematoxylin and eosin, cresyl violet and Klu¨ver–Barrera. This study indicates that Purkinje cells began to appear after the 15th week of gestation. There were varying degrees of development of Purkinje cells in different zones of the cerebellum. Our findings in sheep fetuses suggest that the maturation of Purkinje cells starts in the caudal regions of the cerebellum and that the process begins in the vermis before it does in the cerebellar hemispheres. The alignment of Purkinje cells was found to be very regular in the caudal regions of the cerebellum. A partial absence of Purkinje cells in the rostral regions of the cerebellum was observed in both sheep fetuses and adult sheep. In the first post-natal week, some ectopic Purkinje cells were found in the white matter of the cerebellum.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Salouci, Moustafa ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. vété. (Bologne)
Engelen, Virginie
Gyan, Mathilda
Antoine, Nadine ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de morphologie et pathologie > Histologie
Jacqmot, Olivier ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. vété. (Bologne)
Mignon, Yvan
Kirschvink, Nathalie
Gabriel, Annick ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de morphologie et pathologie > Anatomie des animaux domestiques
Language :
English
Title :
Development of Purkinje cells in the ovine brain
Alternative titles :
[fr] Le développement des cellules de Purkinje du cervelet chez le mouton
Publication date :
November 2012
Journal title :
Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia
ISSN :
0340-2096
eISSN :
1439-0264
Publisher :
Blackwell Verlag GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Volume :
41
Issue :
3
Pages :
227–232
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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