title: Phase-contrast microscopy of the primate retina.
abstract: The study of hematoxylin and eosin stained thick sections (15 microns) of the primate retina with the phase-contrast microscope provided a means for the selective demonstration of many cellular structures that could not be resolved with the same degree of detail which was possible when bright-field microscopy was used, or when phase-contrast microscopy was employed to examine unstained material. The H & E-stain greatly enhanced the phase-contrast image, so that cytoplasmic structure, fiber trajectories, and gross synaptic detail of the retina could be demonstrated to better advantage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia 25701.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fix
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast / Q000379:methods; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology*