Shi Xiaoyan,Zhao Yuanyu,Lu Wei,Chen Lin,Zhang Lei,Jiang Rong,Tang Yong.Quantitative study of neurons and synapses in rat hippocampus by new stereological methods[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2011,33(13):1328-1332.
Shi Xiaoyan,Zhao Yuanyu,Lu Wei,Chen Lin,Zhang Lei,Jiang Rong,Tang Yong.Quantitative study of neurons and synapses in rat hippocampus by new stereological methods[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2011,33(13):1328-1332.DOI:
Quantitative study of neurons and synapses in rat hippocampus by new stereological methods
Objective To establish stereological methods for the quantitative studies of neurons and synapses in the hippocampus. Methods After five 18-month female Long-Evans rats were anesthesized
one of the two hemispheres was sampled randomly after fixatio
n with paraformaldehyde perfusion
and then embedded in paraffin blocks. Serial coronal sections in thickness of 14 μm were cut. The sections were uniformly and randomly sampled from the consecutive sections through hippocampus according to the principles of systematic
uniform and random sampling. One series of sections were stained for Nissl substance for the quantification of neuron number
and another series of sections were stained for the quantification of synaptophysin-positive bouton number. The number of neurons in CA
1
and DG and the number of synaptophysin-positive boutons in CA
1
CA
1
sr
DGiml
and DGoml were estimated with the unbiased stereological technique
the optical fractionator. Results The total number of the neurons in CA
1
and DG was 3.17×10
5
±2.23×10
4
and 1.70×10
6
±1.87×10
5
respectively. The total number of the synapses in CA
1
CA
1
sr
DGiml
and DGoml was 1.04×10
8
±5.39×10
6
4.36×10
7
±3.78×10
6
1.87×10
7
±1.81×10
6
and 4.48×10
7
±7.29×10
5
respectively. Conclusion Our established methods can quantitatively study the neuron and synapse changes during hippocampal formation in normal aging process and in various neurodegenerative diseases.
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