Cerebellar cortex basket cell

Fig. 31. A. Calbindin-D28k immunoreactivity. B. Parvalbumin-immunoreactivity in rat cerebellar cortex. Purkinje cells react with both antibodies arrows in B indicate parvalbumin- immunoreactive stellate and basket cells. Bar = 50 gm. Courtesy of Dr. M.P.A. Schalekamp.

Szabo B, Than M, Wallmichrath I, Thorn D (2004) Analysis of the effects of cannabinoids on synaptic transmission between basket and Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex of the rat. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 310 915-925... 

Donoghue DL, King JS, Bishop GA (1989) Physiological and anatomical studies of the interactions between Purkinje cells and basket cells in the cat s cerebellar cortex evidence for a unitary relationship. J Neurosci 9 2141-2150. 

Fig. 13. Orthogonal arrangement of basket cell axons (thick horizonal fibers oriented in the plane of the Purkinje cells in A and B) and parallel fibers (thin, vertical fibers in A and B). A. Drawing from Golgi-impregnated section, Cajal (1911). B. Bodian-stained section of rat cerebellar cortex. Abbreviations A and B = stellate cells C = basket cell axon E = pericellular basket F = Purkinje cell dendritic tree G = climbing fiber Pb = pericellular baskets. Bar = 100 fim.

Fig. 47. Sagittal sections of the rat cerebellar cortex immuno-labelled with antibodies to GluRl (a), GluR2/3 (b,e), and GluR4 (c,d). As, astrocyte-like cells BG, Bergmann glial processes Go, Golgi cell Gr, granular layer L, Lugaro cell Mo, molecular layer Pj, Purkinje cell body WM, white matter small arrow, Purkinje cell dendrite asterisks, Bergmann glial cell body arrow head, basket/ stellate cell. Petralia and Wenthold (1992).

Altman J (1975a) Experimental reorganization of the cerebellar cortex. V. Effects of early X-irradiation schedules that allow or prevent the acquisition of basket cells. J. Comp. Neurol., 165, 31-48. 

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