Effects of combined pre- and post-natal protein deprivation on the myenteric plexus of the esophagus of weanling rats: A histochemical, quantitative and ultrastructural study

Figure 5 Electron micrographs of myenteric neurons of esophagus. A, B: High magnification photomicrograph of the nuclear chromatin (*) in N (A) and D (B) neurons. Clear spaces are evident in the nucleus of D; C, D: Granular component (*) of N and D nucleoli. Note the more electron-dense aspect of this nucleolar part in N; E, F: Granular vesicles with a electron-dense core (arrows) and well-defined agranular vesicles (arrowheads) of N. Note a preserved mitochondrium (*); G, H: Large (arrows) and small (arrowheads) granular vesicles of D. Note the absence of an electron-dense core. (A-C: x 75000; D, E, G, H: x 60000; F: x 40000).