title: Fine structure and quantitative study in the otic ganglia of the rat.
abstract: Observations were concentrated on the ultrastructure of perikarya and satellite cells of the otic ganglion of the adult rat. Characteristics of both cell types were morphologically analysed as well as their relationship. Quantitative data concerning the volumetric density were calculated for the following elements of the ganglion: glial cells together (28.5%), unmyelinated fibres (13.4%), myelinated fibres (2.7%), connective tissue (13.6%). This electron microscopic study is a sequence of our previous light microscopic study which determined neuronal densities (COSTA, MANDARIM-DE-LACERDA and BAUER, in press).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Fluminense Federal University, (UFF), Brazil.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mandarim de Lacerda
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003712:Dendrites / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005726:Ganglia, Parasympathetic / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009562:Nissl Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure