外周神经的溃变与再生

本文阐述了外周神经溃变的几种类型,诸如顺行性变性;逆行性变性;跨神经元变性及其它变性.其中包括外周神经系统的变性,也涉及到中枢神经系统.当轴突受到破坏后,几种变性都可能发生.轴突的再生过程非常重要,但它必须是在神经元胞体完好无损的情况下才能进行.此过程与几种因素相关.     

家禽睾丸主要神经递质分布及其功能的研究进展

睾丸是雄禽最重要的生殖器官,睾丸组织中的神经系统对精子的产生、雄激素的分泌等生殖功能具有十分关键的作用.神经系统通常由大量的神经元构成,突触是神经元之间的接触点,也是信息传递的关键部位.突触传递过程是由神经递质释放并作用于突触后膜完成的.因此,研究家禽睾丸神经递质的种类、分布及其相关功能对进一步了解家禽生殖功能具有十分重要的意义.本文主要概述胆碱能、胺能、肽能以及氨基酸能等神经系统中较为典型的神经递质,为睾丸神经调控方面的研究提供一定的参考资料.     

Defect in cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase due to the dunce mutation of learning in Drosophila melanogaster

Cyclic AMP is an intracellular mediator ('second messenger') in the nervous and endocrine control of cellular function, regulating different processes in different cell types. Although evidence is incomplete, it seems that cyclic AMP enhances the calcium-mediated release of neurotransmitter in some neurones. A simple form of memory in the mollusc Aplysia is probably encoded as a cyclic AMP-induced enhancement of neurotransmission at certain synapses of the central nervous system. The possibility that cyclic AMP participates in learning mechanisms may be explored using genetic mutants. For this purpose the fruitfly Drosophila is suitable as it is genetically well characterized and can learn through olfaction, vision or taste. We show here that independent searches for mutations of olfactory learning and of cyclic AMP metabolism, and for mutations causing female infertility have each led to the same gene--the dunce gene. Our evidence indicates that the normal dunce gene may specify a cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase.     

Division and differentiation of isolated CNS blast cells in microculture

The mechanism of transformation of the overtly similar cells of the neural plate into the numerous and diverse cell types of the mature vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) can better be understood by studying the clonal development of isolated CNS precursor cells. Here I describe a culture system in which blast cells (cells capable of division) isolated from embryonic day 13.5-14.5 rat forebrain can divide and differentiate into a variety of clonal types. Most clones contain only neurons or glia; 22% contain both neurons and non-neuronal cells. For the division of blast cells, live conditioning cells need to be present indicating that environmental signals influence proliferation. Heterogeneous clones develop in homogeneous culture conditions, so factors intrinsic to the blast cells are probably important in determining the number and type of clonal progeny.     

运动生理与气功科学

本文介绍气功与运动活动的一些比较。着重点置于静气功与不甚激烈的活动之间的比较,而非动气功与竞赛活动之间的比较。固为静功已有大量资料可供参考。就运动作用于身体的效果而言,其最明显的效应是:心率与呼吸的加快,神经的兴奋性提高,消化功能降低。而当练气功时,这些效应除消化功能外,均相反。神经的兴奋性降低但意守的部份提高。由此可见,这两种练习型式,对人体的健康都是有利的,但产生不同的生理效应,因而有人试用气功以提高竞技效能。     

Control of neuronal fate by the Drosophila segmentation gene even-skipped

The central nervous system (CNS) contains a remarkable diversity of cell types. The molecular basis for generating this neuronal diversity is poorly understood. Much is known, however, about the regulatory genes which control segmentation and segment identity during early Drosophila embryogenesis. Interestingly, most of the segmentation and homoeotic genes in Drosophila, as well as many of their vertebrate homologues, are expressed during the development of the nervous system (for example, ref. 3). Are these genes involved in specifying the identity of individual neurons during neurogenesis, just as they specify the identity of cells during segmentation? We previously described the CNS expression of the segmentation gene fushi tarazu (ftz) and showed that ftz CNS expression is involved in the determination of an identified neuron. Here we show that another segmentation gene, even-skipped (eve), is expressed in a different but overlapping subset of neurons. Temperature-sensitive inactivation of the eve protein during neurogenesis alters the fate of two of these neurons. Our results indicate that the nuclear protein products of the eve and ftz segmentation genes are components of the mechanism controlling cell fate during neuronal development.     

Developmental genetics of vertebrate glial-cell specification

Oligodendrocytes and astrocytes are macroglial cells of the vertebrate central nervous system. These cells have diverse roles in the maintenance of neurological function. In the embryo, the genetic mechanisms that underlie the specification of macroglial precursors in vivo appear strikingly similar to those that regulate the development of the diverse neuron types. The switch from producing neuronal to glial subtype-specific precursors can be modelled as an interplay between region-restricted components and temporal regulators that determine neurogenic or gliogenic phases of development, contributing to glial diversity. Gaining insight into the developmental genetics of macroglia has great potential to improve our understanding of a variety of neurological disorders in humans.     

Identified neurones isolated from leech CNS make selective connections in culture.

Neurones cultured in vitro offer distinct advantages for studying how processes grow towards their targets and form synaptic connections. In contrast to the complex events occurring during the development of the nervous system, synapse formation in culture can be analysed in a few neurones at a time and under controlled conditions. We have now dissected out and cultured single identified neurones from the central nervous system (CNS) of the adult leech. Various types of sensory cells, motor cells, and interneurones can be identified in leech ganglia--each with a stereotyped set of properties, including: (1) the electrical characteristics of its membrane, (2) the arborisation of its branches and the morphology of its terminals and (3) the pattern of connections it makes with other identified neurones, skin or muscle. Thus, cultured cells can be compared in detail with their counterparts in situ. We have found that isolated cells survive for several weeks, maintain their membrane properties, sprout and form selective connections.     

Progenitor cell maintenance requires numb and numblike during mouse neurogenesis

Neurons in most regions of the mammalian nervous system are generated over an extended period of time during development. Maintaining sufficient numbers of progenitors over the course of neurogenesis is essential to ensure that neural cells are produced in correct numbers and diverse types. The underlying molecular mechanisms, like those governing stem-cell self-renewal in general, remain poorly understood. We report here that mouse numb and numblike (Nbl), two highly conserved homologues of Drosophila numb, play redundant but critical roles in maintaining neural progenitor cells during embryogenesis, by allowing their progenies to choose progenitor over neuronal fates. In Nbl mutant embryos also conditionally mutant for mouse numb in the nervous system, early neurons emerge in the expected spatial and temporal pattern, but at the expense of progenitor cells, leading to a nearly complete depletion of dividing cells shortly after the onset of neurogenesis. Our findings show that a shared molecular mechanism, with mouse Numb and Nbl as key components, governs the self-renewal of all neural progenitor cells, regardless of their lineage or regional identities.     

威廉环毛蚓Pheretima guillelmi(Michaelsen)神经内分泌系统的研究

以威廉环毛蚓为实验材料,对其神经内分泌系统的显微、亚显微结构及其对体表水交换的影响作了初步研究.通过大量的实验,说明在威廉环毛蚓的中枢神经系统中存在三种不同类型的细胞,即A、B和C三种细胞.A细胞数量最多,位于脑神经节、咽下神经节和腹神经索中.B细胞主要位于咽下神经节.C细胞主要位于咽下神经节和腹神经索中.神经内分泌活动与季节有关,A细胞和C细胞的分泌活动随季节变化而不同,B细胞的内分泌活动受季节的影响不大.蚯蚓体表的水交换受神经内分泌调控,这种因子仅存在于脑神经节内.