Displaced amacrine cells in the ganglion cell layer of the hamster retina.
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.
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Instituto de Biofísica da UFRJ, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
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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*
D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase