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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Light microscopic histochemistry for alkaline phosphatase was employed in a study of the development of vascular sprouting, with respect to time and distribution, inthe rat cerebral cortex. Sprouts were counted in the full thickness of the cerebral cortex at each day from birth to 21 days of age. Several distinct bursts of sprouting activity were observed at specific times and levels of cortex. From birth to 4 days of age, sprouting was intense in the superficial third of the cortex. At 7 to 8 days, a burst of sprouting was found which was greatest in the middle third. Additional bursts of sprouting appeared at 10 and 14 days. Developing vessels with characteristics of arteries, capillaries, or sprouts were alkaline-phosphatase positive, while veins were not. It is concluded that alkaline phosphatase is a useful marker for identification of both mature and immature vasculature, as it reveals patent and nonpatent vessels, and the sprouts which are precursors of the mature vascular bed. New vessels developing in the cortex arise mainly from blind sprouts of capillaries, evidently in response to the metabolic demands imposed by the maturational process. At birth, the majority of intracortical vessels are capillaries. By 10 days of age, most perforating vessels from the surface have taken on arterial or venous characteristics. The findings are discussed in connection with morphological and biochemical differentiation and the pattern of vascularization in the mature cerebral cortex.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9106
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
247-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Patterns of vascular sprouting in the postnatal development of the cerebral cortex of the rat.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.