Schwann cells and peripheral nervous system myelin in the rat retina.
Within the retinal nerve fiber layer of a 6-week-old Sprague-Dawley rat, scattered aggregates of PNS myelinated axons have been found and described. We believe this is likely to represent a normal but rare phenomenon in the rat.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012160:Retina / Q000032:analysis* / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000166:cytology*