Fig. 6.

The effects of chronic, partial deafferentation on mitral cell dendritic morphology were examined after 8 weeks of repeated detergent infusion. (a) Mitral cells in the internal control bulb had typical dendrite morphology, including numerous major branches (arrowheads) and a dense tuft of fine processes (*). Scale bar = 20μm for all. (b, c) With eight weeks of chronic detergent infusion, deafferented cells were greatly affected, with less elaborate overall dendritic arbor structure, reduced definition of major branches (arrowheads), and minimal fine processes