Abstract
In the facial nucleus of the rabbit, fixed by a procedure of perfusion with delayed autopsy, intervascular strands of connective tissue contain on rare occasions either minute red PAS‐stained granules or clear vacuoles. With increasing age, the strands are transformed into homogeneous connective tissue bands.On the basis of these microscopic observations, it is inferred that, in younger animals, soluble and insoluble products can be channeled via the intervascular strands to adjacent blood vessels.