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Electron microscopy of the mouse optic nerve: a quantitative study of the total optic nerve fibers. 1977

R Honjin, and S Sakato, and T Yamashita

The total number of myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers was counted in a montage of electron micrographs prepared to cover the entire profile of the mouse optic nerve in transverse section. Many astrocytic processes form a barrier structure all around the optic nerve. As a whole, the mouse optic nerve consists of one fascicle where the nerve fibers, the glia cells and their processes, and the capillaries are fitted closely together to fill substantially all of the available space. No tissue space accompanied with connective tissue septa penetrates into the fascicle, except for those situated around the arteriole and venule. The total number of 64,746 myelinated nerve fibers in the optic nerve in one side was counted. This corresponds to about 98.8% of the total number of the optic nerve fibers. The total number of 807 unmyelinated nerve fibers was also counted. This corresponds to about 1.2% of the total nerve fibers. The external diameter of every myelinated fiber, including the myelin sheath, was measured on the montage micrograph and its frequency distribution was examined. The diameter of the myelinated fibers ranges from 0.3 to 4.2 mu and its mean value is 0.96 mu. The frequency distribution of fiber diameter is unimodal with a peak at 0.7 to 0.9 mu. A regional heterogeneity in fiber size is found in the optic nerve. The nerve fibers in the peripheral area of the nerve are relatively small and uniform in diameter, whereas those in the central area show a fairly wide range in diameter.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009412 Nerve Fibers Slender processes of NEURONS, including the AXONS and their glial envelopes (MYELIN SHEATH). Nerve fibers conduct nerve impulses to and from the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Cerebellar Mossy Fibers,Mossy Fibers, Cerebellar,Cerebellar Mossy Fiber,Mossy Fiber, Cerebellar,Nerve Fiber
D009413 Nerve Fibers, Myelinated A class of nerve fibers as defined by their structure, specifically the nerve sheath arrangement. The AXONS of the myelinated nerve fibers are completely encased in a MYELIN SHEATH. They are fibers of relatively large and varied diameters. Their NEURAL CONDUCTION rates are faster than those of the unmyelinated nerve fibers (NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED). Myelinated nerve fibers are present in somatic and autonomic nerves. A Fibers,B Fibers,Fiber, Myelinated Nerve,Fibers, Myelinated Nerve,Myelinated Nerve Fiber,Myelinated Nerve Fibers,Nerve Fiber, Myelinated
D009900 Optic Nerve The 2nd cranial nerve which conveys visual information from the RETINA to the brain. The nerve carries the axons of the RETINAL GANGLION CELLS which sort at the OPTIC CHIASM and continue via the OPTIC TRACTS to the brain. The largest projection is to the lateral geniculate nuclei; other targets include the SUPERIOR COLLICULI and the SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEI. Though known as the second cranial nerve, it is considered part of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Cranial Nerve II,Second Cranial Nerve,Nervus Opticus,Cranial Nerve, Second,Cranial Nerves, Second,Nerve, Optic,Nerve, Second Cranial,Nerves, Optic,Nerves, Second Cranial,Optic Nerves,Second Cranial Nerves
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001369 Axons Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body. Axon
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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