Lesions of the central and peripheral nervous systems produced in young rabbits by vitamin A deficiency and a high cereal intake / by Edward Mellanby.

  • Edward Mellanby
Date:
[1935?]
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Credit: Lesions of the central and peripheral nervous systems produced in young rabbits by vitamin A deficiency and a high cereal intake / by Edward Mellanby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    but there is still heavy degeneration in the dorsal spino-cerebellar tract which is moving towards and entering the restiform body, the ventral spino-cerebellar, the spino-reticulo-thalamic and the spino-tectal tracts. There is some, but not Rabbit A. Dorsal long, bundle Pyramids Remains of dorsal columns Dorsal spino cerebellar Rubro-spinal Ventral spino-cerebellar Vestibulo-spinal Spino-tectal and spino-reticulo- thalamic Fig. 8.—Medulla, higher part of sensory decussation. Descending vestibular root Restiform body Dorsal spino-cerebellar Rubro-spinal Ventral spino-cerebellar Lateral reticular nucleus Vestibulo-spinal Spino-tectal and spino-reticulo- thalamic Fig. 9. —Medulla, level of inferior olivary nucleus and 4th ventricle. Restiform body Ventral cochlear nucleus Descending vestibular root Descending trigeminal tract Rubro-spinal Vestibulo-spinal Vestibulo-spinal-cerebellar Spino-tecta’l and spino-reticulo- thalamic Fig. 10. —Section between medulla and pons. Drawings illustrating degeneration in brain-stem and spinal cord of a rabbit on a carotene-deficient diet. much, degeneration in the dorsal longitudinal bundle; of the other descending tracts, the vestibulo-spinal and what appears to be the descending vestibular root of the 8th nerve contain more degenerated fibres. The latter has only been