Are all the neuronal nuclei polyploid?

Histochemistry. 1975;43(1):59-61. doi: 10.1007/BF00490154.

Abstract

The DNA analysis of rat brain nuclei by two independent cytochemical methods, namely microfluorometry and UV-absorption, brings completely different results to those published previously by many investigators. The neuronal nuclei possess twice as much DNA as the glial nuclei.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / cytology
  • Cattle
  • Cell Nucleus / ultrastructure*
  • DNA / analysis
  • Female
  • Fluorometry
  • Liver / analysis
  • Liver / cytology
  • Male
  • Neurons / analysis
  • Neurons / ultrastructure*
  • Polyploidy*
  • Purkinje Cells / analysis
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spermatozoa / analysis

Substances

  • DNA