ASYMMETRY OF THE STRUCTURAL INDICES AND OF THE PROTEIN DATABASE OF THE LATERAL GROUP OF NUCLEI IN THALAMUS OF A WHITE AND OF A GREY RATS
Morphocytochemical analysis of neurons of the lateral group of nuclei in thalamus of the right and left cerebral hemispheres of one white and one grey rats was performed using the method of morphometry and computed cytophotometry with the help of the image analyzer called « Videotest». Only neurons with safe structure which had a clear nucleolus were examined. The size of neurons and the amount of structure proteins in them. The indices were taken from 100 cells of the lateral group of nuclei of thalamus of the right and left cerebral hemisoheres. The analysis of the protein database and morphometric analysis showed variability of indices. In the lateral group of nuclei in thalamus concentration and the amount of structure proteins of neural cytoplasm prevail over that of the nucleus in both animals. Bigger neurons with a bigger amount of structure proteins were detected in the lateral dorsal nucleus in a grey rat and in a white rat- in the lateral posterior nucleus. This fact might be connected with the specific function of nuclei. Interhemispheric asymmetry according to some indices was detected.