Membrane Morphology Of The Vertebrate Nervous System: A Study With Freeze-etch Technique

P R O G R E S S I N B R A I N RESEARCH VOLUME 46 MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY OF T H E VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM Recent volumes in PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH Volume 47: Hypertension and Brain Mechanisms, by W. De Jong, A. P. Provoost and A. P. Shapiro (Eds.) - 1977 Volume 48: Maturation of the Nervous System, by M.A. Corner, R.E. Baker, N.E. Van der Pol, D.F. Swaab and H.B.U. Uylings (Eds.) - 1978 Volume 49: The Cholinergic Synapse, by S. TuEek (Ed.) - 1979 Volume 50: Reflex Control of Posture and Movement, by R. Granit and 0. Pompeiano (Eds.) - 1979 Volume 5 1: Development and Chemical Specificity of Neurons, by M. Cuenod, G.W. Kreutzberg and F. Bloom (Eds.) - 1979 Volume 52: The Pineal Gland of Vertebrates including Man, by J. Ariens Kappers and P. Ptvet (Eds.) - 1979 Volume 53: Adaptive Capabilities of the Nervous System, by P.S. McConnell, G. J. Boer, H. J . Romijn, N.E. Van de Poll and M.A. Corner (Eds.) - 1980 Volume 54: Motivation, Motor and Sensory Processes of the Brain: Electric Potentials, Behaviour and Clinical Use, by H.H. Kornhuber and L. Deecke (Eds.) - 1980 Volume 5 5 : Chemical Transmission in the Brain - The Role of Amines, Amino Acids and Peptides, by R.M. Buijs, P. Pevet and D.F. Swaab (Eds.) - 1982 Volume 56: Brain Phosphoproteins - Characterization and Function, by W.H. Gispen and A. Routtenberg (Eds.) - 1982 Volume 57: Descending Pathways to the Spinal Cord, by H.G.J.M. Kuypers and G.F. Martin (Eds.) - 1982 PROGRESS I N BRAIN RESEARCH VOLUME 46 MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY OF THE VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM A Study with Freeze-etch Technique BY C. S A N D R I , J.M. VAN B U R E N AND K. A K E R T Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich (Switzerland), Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, FL (USA), and Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich (Switzerland) Second Revised Edition ELSEVIER B I O M E D I C A L P R E S S AMSTERDAM/OXFORD/NEW Y O R K 1982 P U B L I S H E D BY: E L S E VI E R B IO ME D I CA L P R E S S I M O L E N W E R F , P.O. BOX 1014 A G 1527 AM S T E R D A M, T H E N E T H E R L A N D S S OL E D I S T R I B U T O R S F O R T H E U.S.A. A N D CA N A D A : E L S E VI E R S C I E N C E P U B L I S H I N G C O M P A N Y 52 V A N D E R B I L T A V E N U E 10017, U.S.A. N E W YORK, N Y ISBN FOR THE PERIESO-444-80104-9 I S B N FOR THE V O L U M E 0-444-80393-9 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sandri, C. Membrane morphology of the vertebrate nervous system. (Progress in brain research; v. 46) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Nervetissue. 2. Plasrnamembranes. 3. Cellrnembranes. 4. Freeze-etching. 5. Nervous joint author. 11. Akert,Konrad, system-Vertebrates. I. VanBuren, JohnM., 1923joint author. 111. Title. IV. Series. QP376.P7 vol. 46 [QM575] 612‘32’08s [596’.08’24] ISBN 0-444-80393-9 WITH 175 I L L US T RA T I O N S 0 E L S E V I E R BIOMEDICAL AND 6 TABLES PRE SS, 1982 ALL R I G H T S RE S E RV E D . N O P A R T O F T H I S P U B L I C A T I O N MAY BE R E P R O D U C E D , S T O R E D I N A R E T R I E V A L SYSTEM, O R T R A N S M I T T E D , I N A N Y F OR M O R BY A N Y MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, P H O T O C O P Y I N G , R E C O R D I N G O R O T H E R W I S E , W I T H O U T T H E P R I O R P E RMI S S I O N OF T H E COPYRIGHT OWNER. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Over the years, Prof. H. Moor, Department of Cell Biology, Federal Institute of Technology, Honggerberg, Zurich, has generously given of his facili