title: Displaced amacrine cells in the ganglion cell layer of the hamster retina.
abstract: Neuronal populations were estimated in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) of the adult hamster retina. The total number of neurones averaged 128,000 in Nissl-stained whole-mounts. Following injections of horseradish peroxidase into the brain, an average of 72,000 cells were labeled (mostly above 8 micron in diameter), indicating that 56% of the neurones in the GCL are ganglion cells. Forty-one percent of the neurones (mostly below 8 micron diameter) of the GCL survived for 5 months after optic nerve transection at 12 days after birth. The results indicate that more than 40% of the neurones in the GCL of the hamster retina are displaced amacrine cells.
authors: Instituto de Biofísica da UFRJ, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Linden
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Esbérard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002470:Cell Survival; D006224:Cricetinae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005724:Ganglia / Q000166:cytology*; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification*; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase