Dmitrieva N I
Arkh Anat Gistol Embriol. 1983 Sep;85(9):32-40.
The development of one of the largest nuclei in the basal ganglia -- the caudate nucleus -- in the dog, rat and guinea pig continues after birth. The growth processes of the neural cell bodies in the caudate nucleus coinside with the development of the animal's movement performed by itself and are most intensive up to the ontogenetic stage, when in all three species the brain mass is equal to 60% of the brain mass in a mature animal. An indirect index demonstrating the dendritic network development -- the density of the neurons arrangement -- becomes equal to the value specific for a mature animal much later in the postnatal ontogenesis even in a full-term born guinea pig. The postponed morphological maturation of the structure can be considered as an evidence of a certain connection of the structure in question not only with motor activity, but with inhibition, as well.
犬、大鼠和豚鼠基底神经节中最大的核团之一——尾状核，在出生后仍继续发育。尾状核中神经细胞体的生长过程与动物自主运动的发育相一致，并且在个体发育阶段之前最为强烈，此时这三个物种的脑重量均相当于成熟动物脑重量的60%。一个表明树突网络发育的间接指标——神经元排列密度——在出生后的个体发育过程中，甚至在足月出生的豚鼠中，也要在很久之后才会达到成熟动物特有的值。该结构形态成熟的延迟可被视为该结构不仅与运动活动，而且与抑制作用之间存在某种联系的证据。
