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With light and electron microscope, we studied the morphology of the thymus of the neonatal mouse. The results showed: 1.the lobules of the thymus had not well developed and there was no distinct demarcation between the cortex and medulla; 2.a cyst composed of epithelial cells with microvilli or cilia might be frequently seen in the medulla; 3.occasionally small lymphocytes with some glycogen particles in their cytoplasm were observed; 4.only a few small-sized thymic corpusles existed in the medulla, The article also described the ultrastructure of the lymphocytes, epithelial reticular cells, macrophage, interdigitating cell and blood-thymus barrier in the thymus of the neonatal mouse.
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The ultrastructure of dissociated brain nerve cells from embryonic chicken cult ivated in vitro was studied both under SEM and TEM. Primitive synaptic junctions among the bipolar and multipolar neuronal cell bodies and its processes forming networks of fibers appeared after 4 days of culture. The presynaptic bags and desmosome-like cell junctions were observed simutaneously. Axo-dendritic, axo-somatic and axo-axonal synapses increased in number after 7 days of incubation onwards. Neuronal degeneration and proliferation of fibrous glial cells were evident in10 and 14 days cultures.