[Sympathetic ganglia nerve and glial cells in mice of different ages. III. Satellite perikaryon cells under normal conditons and following a sharp reduction in the number of ganglionic neurocytes].

Changes induced in perikarial satellite cells by a prolonged increase of the mass and volume of perikaria are studied. The work was fulfilled on the gg. stellatae of adult female mice injected antiserum against nerve growth factor soon after birth (this treatment resulted in an up to 80% decrease of nerve cell bodies per ganglion, accompanied with a significant increase in their volumes). The nerve cell body hypertrophy was followed by hypertrophy and hyperplasy of satellite cells. In addition some prominent changes in the fine structure of satellite cells under experimental conditions were found.