title: Quantitative morphology of the primate peripheral retina (Macaca irus).
abstract: By using electron microscopy to study the quantitative morphology of the retina, it was possible to determine the spatial density of all principal retinal cells at a defined retinal location. In two retinas of cynomolgus monkeys at a position of 30 degrees nasal of the fovea centralis, the following cell densities were determined from composite electron micrographs: retinal pigment epithelium: 3,400 cell/mm2; rod cells: 115,000 and 168,000 cells/mm2; cone cells: 8,200/mm2; horizontal cells: 7,000/mm2; bipolar cells: 50,000/mm2; amacrine cells: 11,500/mm2; Müller cells: 16,000/mm2; and ganglion cells: 5,350 and 6,750/mm2.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Krebs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D008251:Macaca / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure