Quantitative morphology of the primate peripheral retina (Macaca irus)
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Anatomy
- Vol. 179 (2) , 198-208
- https://doi.org/10.1002/aja.1001790212
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° 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.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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