Fast axonal transport in the visual pathway of the chick and rat.
Young chickens and rats were injected intravitreally with [3H]proline and sacrificed at short intervals thereafter. Regression lines calculated for the plotted points (survival time, transport distance) revealed a transport rate of 329 mm/day in the chick and 350 mm/day in the rat. Both rates are close to those reported for peripheral axons (410 +/- 50 mm/day).
D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002645:Chickens; D008297:Male; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000378:metabolism; D011392:Proline; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000378:metabolism*
D011392:Proline