Synapse Plasticity in Motor, Sensory, and Limbo-Prefrontal Cortex Areas as Measured by Degrading Axon Terminals in an Environment Model of Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Figure 1

Schematic drawing of the selected cortical areas in which the amount of lysosomal accumulations (LAs) were quantitatively measured. Three coronal sections of the left hemisphere were chosen (left upper corner) including at Bregma +3.2 mm (A) the cingulate cortex area 3 (Cg3), the frontal cortex area 1 (Fr1), and the infralimbic cortex (IL); at Bregma-1.3 mm (B) the cingulate cortex area 1 (Cg1), the hindlimb area (HL), the parietal cortex area 1 (Par1), and the insular cortex (IC); and at Bregma −4.3 mm (C) the occipital cortex area 1 (Oc1) and area 2 mediomedial (Oc2MM), the temporal cortex area 1 (Te1), and the perirhinal cortex (PRh). Rectangles indicate the respective measuring fields.