Pecularities of the structure of glycogen as an indicator of the functional state of mauthner neurons in fish Percсottus glehni during wintering.

Mauthner neurons (MN)*, specific multifunctional neurons of fish, are a unique object for investigating the adaptive potentialities of the cell. The goal of the work was to study the structure of MN of fish Percсottus glehni during wintering under the conditions of hypothermia and deficit of oxygen and energy substrates. It was shown using a light microscope that the volume of the somatic moiety of neurons changes slightly at the beginning of wintering and is significantly reduced by the termination of wintering.