Hassler R, Chung J W, Rinne U, Wagner A
Exp Brain Res. 1978 Jan 18;31(1):67-80. doi: 10.1007/BF00235805.
In the cat caudate nucleus the same nine types of synapses are found as in putamen and fundus striati. The three parts of the striatum in the strict sense do not differ in the morphological differentiation of synapse types but only in their quantitative distribution. One-third of all synapses in the caudate nucleus are axo-spinous type IV synapses with a curved and divided asymmetric contact. This strongly suggests that the caudate nucleus interneuronal apparatus is dominated by centre-median input, in contrast to the putamen which is controlled by the cortico-striatal input to its internuncial cells and by its strong intrastriatal feedback mechanism. Extensive destruction of the convexity of the cortex and the medial cortex in one hemisphere results in dark degeneration of a large proportion of two of the nine types of caudate synapses: a) the axo-dendritic type VII synapses exciting the large spiny caudate neurons and b) the axo-spinous type III synapses making contact with the small spiny neurons of the interneuronal cell apparatus.
在猫的尾状核中，发现了与壳核和纹状体底相同的九种突触类型。严格意义上的纹状体三个部分在突触类型的形态分化上并无差异，只是在其数量分布上有所不同。尾状核中所有突触的三分之一是IV型轴-棘突触，具有弯曲且分开的不对称接触。这有力地表明，与壳核相反，尾状核中间神经元装置由中央中脑输入主导，壳核由皮质-纹状体输入到其联络细胞以及其强大的纹状体内反馈机制控制。一个半球的皮质凸面和内侧皮质的广泛破坏导致九种尾状核突触类型中的两种大部分出现深色变性：a）兴奋大型有棘尾状核神经元的VII型轴-树突突触，以及b）与中间神经元装置的小型有棘神经元接触的III型轴-棘突触。
