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[Topography and the protein synthesis level in the large pyramidal neurons during sleep and wakefulness]
Tsitologiia
|April 1, 1979
Abstract:
In the large pyramidal neurons of the pariental cortex of cat during the slow-waved phase of sleep in comparison to the state of awake, an uneven decrease of the level of 3H-leucine inclusion was established in different functionally specialized zones of the cell. Using electron microscopy, a decrease in the number of polysomes and membrane-attached ribosomes was shown in the perinuclear zone of large pyramids in slow-waved phase of sleep. The results obtained suggest a decrease in the intensity of protein synthesis in comparison to the state of awake.
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