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In the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) two types of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies have been observed sporadically in neurons of both the dorsal horn (Rexed's laminae I–III in the lumbosacral region) and the supraoptic nucleus. One of these, designated here the “vesicular body”, is a round inclusion which measures up to 1.4 μ in diameter. It occurs only in perikarya and is composed of vesicular-like chambers 300–400 Å in diameter. We have not found previous references to this structure in the literature, but its 50 Å substructural particles are similar in size to those described in nematosomes. The other inclusion, a “filamentous whorl”, is found in nerve cell bodies and dendrites and it is structurally similar to the Hirano body. The structure measures up to 2.2 μ in diameter and is composed of circularly arrayed filaments which vary in configuration and size depending on the plane of section. There are no indications that the vesicular body and the filamentous whorl are in any way related to each other; and usually both are not found in the same cell profiles.
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Supported by NIH Grant RR 05384 and NS-06925-10 from NINDS
The authors wish to thank Dr. Clement A. Fox for his advice in the preparation of this manuscript and Mr. Edward J. Gaspar for his technical assistance
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Beal, J.A., Cooper, M.H. & LuQui, I.J. Neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions in the dorsal horn and supraoptic nucleus of the squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus . Cell Tissue Res. 176, 37–46 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220342
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