title: [Ultrastructural analysis of the optic nerve in microphthalmic rodents (Spalax leucodon)].
abstract: The optic nerve of a microphthalmic subterranean rodent, Spalax leucodon, has been examined at the ultrastructural level. The analysis of the optic nerve reveals only 1,790 unmyelinated axons. The axon diameter varies from 0.05 to 2.3 microns, with a mean of 0.55 micron. We suggest that these axons mainly belong to the W type ganglion cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Comparée, MNHN, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herbin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Repérant
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemire
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000473:pathology*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Analyse ultrastructurale du nerf optique d'un rongeur microphtalme (Spalax leucodon).