[Information given by interneuronal junctions of the rat cerebral cortex during the post-asphyxia period]

Using PTA technique, the organization of subsynaptic units (paramembrane specialized formations of the cytoskeleton) was revealed in the molecular layer of the rat neocortex during post-asphyxia period. The density and summarized length of the active contact zone (ACZ) with different degree of maturity of subsynaptic units were calculated and the information was evaluated. It was revealed that the total length of ACZ synapses was restored to the control level on the 7th day after asphyxia and the information of the synaptic pool was 30.1% on the 14th day, in spite of a significant deficiency in the synapse density. The information of the synaptic pool was restored mainly due to hypertrophy of interneuronal contacts with well developed presynaptic grating.