Terminal proliferation and synaptogenesis following partial deafferentation: The reinnervation of the inner molecular layer of the dentate gyrus following removal of its commissural afferents

The inner one‐third of the dendritic region of the dentate gyrus granule cells in adult rats receives projections primarily from the commissural fibers of the contralateral hippocampus and the associational fibers of the ipsilateral hippocampus. At two to four days following the complete removal of the contralateral hippocampus, approximately 25% of the terminals in the inner molecular layer are observed degenerating. This provides an excellent model system to investigate possible terminal proliferation induced by deafferentation since (1) the experimental lesion is easily reproducible, (2) no retrograde reactions occur in the granule cells as a direct result of the lesion, (3) no shrinkage is detected in this region following commissural deafferentation, (4) the same dendritic region can be relocated precisely in each animal, and (5) the synaptic counts are highly consistent between animals.

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