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A special type of filament in the Purkinje cells of the Syrian hamster

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The Purkinje cells of the Syrian hamster cerebellum contain dense filaments 75 Å in diameter and of relatively great hut undetermined length. These filaments occur in closely packed bundles that curve and twist through the perikaryal cytoplasm. They are always closely associated with mitochondria, never with the Golgi apparatus. Absence of previous descriptions of similar neuronal filaments indicates that they may be a unique feature in the hamster cerebellum.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

    Ricardo Morales & Donald Duncan

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This investigation was supported by Public Health Service Research Grant NB-00690.

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Morales, R., Duncan, D. A special type of filament in the Purkinje cells of the Syrian hamster. Z. Zellforsch. 83, 49–52 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334738

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