Guided outgrowth of leech neurons in culture

¹Abteilung Biophysik der Universität Ulm, Eselsberg, F.R.G.

|August 5, 1991

Abstract:

Sensory neurons of Hirudo medicinalis were cultivated on patterns of extracellular matrix (ECM) protein which were prepared by UV irradiation using copper grid masks. The relation of the patterns and of the outgrowth of neurites was observed by scanning electronmicroscopy after gold decoration. The neurites were guided by narrow (10 microM) lanes of ECM protein. Branching of neurites was induced by branched lanes. Bent neurites were pulled off bent lanes at some distance behind the growth cone such that their length was reduced. Regularly spaced sites of adhesion became visible which remained connected to the neurites by extended filaments.

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