Summary
This study has been carried out by light microscopy on 3 Golgi-Kopsch impregnated brains of young adult rabbits. It is shown that chandelier cells exist within the rabbits' cerebral cortex. In the rabbit, the chandelier cell is a medium ranged bipolar interneuron in layer II/III with a characteristic axon which forms a plexus with a diameter of about 350–500 μm in the horizontal and 200–350 μm in the vertical direction; the end of each ramulus forms the typical “candlestick”, a little vertical string of 1–6 boutons on an axon fibre. These boutons form contacts with all parts of pyramidal cells in layer II and the upper part of layer III. Similarities and differences with respect to previous descriptions of these cells in other species are discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Fairén A, Valverde F (1979) Specific thalamo-cortical afferents and their presumtive targets in the visual cortex. A Golgi study. In: M. Cuénod, G.W. Kreutzberg and F.E. Bloom (eds) Development and chemical specificity of neurons. Progress in Brain Research 51:419–438 Elsevier North-Holland
Fairén A, Valverde F (1980) A specialized type of neuron in the visual cortex of cat: a Golgi and electron microscope study of chandelier cells. J Comp Neurol 194:761–779
Fleischhauer K, Zilles K, Schleicher A (1980) A revised cytorchitectonic map of the neocortex of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Anat Embryol 161:121–143
Jones EG (1975) Varieties and distribution of non-pyramidal cells in the somatic sensory cortex of the squirrel monkey. J Comp Neurol 160:205–268
Lund JS, Henry GH, MacQueen CL, Harvey AR (1979) Anatomical organization of the primary visual cortex (Area 17) of the cat. A comparison with area 17 of the macaque monkey. J Comp Neurol 184:599–618
Peters A, Proskauer CC, Ribak CE (1982) Chandelier cells in rat visual cortex. J Comp Neurol 206:397–416
Somogyi P (1977) A specific ‘axo-axonal’ interneuron in the visual cortex of the rat. Brain Res 136:345–350
Szentágothai J (1975) The ‘module-concept’ in cerebral cortex architecture. Brain Res 95:475–496
Szentágothai J, Arbib MA (1974) Conceptual models of neural organization. Neurosci Res Prog Bull 12:307–510
Tömböl T (1976) Golgi analysis of the internal layers (V–VI) of the cat visual cortex. In: O. Creutzfeldt (ed.) Afferent and intrinsic organization of laminated structures in the brain. Exper Brain Res Suppl I, 292–295, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg
Tömböl T (1978a) Some Golgi data on visual cortex of the rhesus monkey. Acta Morphol Acad Sci Hung 26:115–138
Tömböl T (1978b) Comparative data on the Golgi architecture of interneurons of different cortical areas in cat and rabbit. In: M.A.B. Brazier and H. Petsche (eds) Architectonics of the cerebral cortex. 59–76, Raven Press, New York
Tömböl T, Madarász M, Hajdu F, Somogyi Gy (1976) Some Data on the Golgi architecture of visual areas and suprasylvian gyrus in the cat. Verh Anat Ges 70:271–275
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
This work was supported by the Fonds zur Förderung Österreichischer Forschung, Proj. Nr. S25/01.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Müller-Paschinger, IB., Tömböl, T. & Petsche, H. Chandelier neurons within the rabbits' cerebral cortex. Anat Embryol 166, 149–154 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317950
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317950