title: Number, diameter and distribution of the rat optic nerve fibers.
abstract: Light- and electron-microscopic methods for nerve fiber counting and diameter measuring are described. These methods were applied to the rat optic nerve. Differences between light- and electron-microscopic results are shown. Coincidences and divergences with the current literature data are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats