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Anat Embryol (Berl)
1990 Jan 01;1816:585-94. doi: 10.1007/bf00174630.
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The changing distribution of neurons in the inner nuclear layer from metamorphosis to adult: a morphometric analysis of the anuran retina.
Zhu BS
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Hiscock J
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Straznicky C
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The generation and changing distribution of neurons of the inner nuclear layer (INL) in the retina of two anuran species, Bufo marinus and Xenopus laevis, were studied from metamorphosis to adult. Morphometric studies were undertaken at six developmental stages in Bufo and four in Xenopus. The number and thickness of neurons in the INL were established in 29 predetermined retinal locations from serial sections of the eyes cut vertically or horizontally. The total number of neurons in the INL increased from metamorphosis to adult from 826,000 +/- 185 to 18,760,000 +/- 562 (mean +/- SD) in Bufo and from 308,000 +/- 25 to 877,000 +/- 31 in Xenopus. Over the same period the surface area of the INL increased about 50-fold from 2 mm2 to 96 mm2 in Bufo and 5-fold from 2.5 mm2 to 13 mm2 in Xenopus. In Bufo the difference between the highest cell number (central-temporal retina) and the lowest cell number in a sample area (dorsal and ventral peripheral retina) was 2.1:1 at metamorphosis. This ratio increased to 3.4:1 in the adult. Both the cell number and cell density per sample area in the INL was found to be higher along the nasotemporal meridian of the eye overlying the visual streak of the ganglion cell layer (GCL) of the retina. The retinal distribution of neurons in the INL did not change significantly during postmetamorphic growth in Xenopus. At metamorphosis a 1.7:1 difference was found between the highest neuron number (retinal ciliary margin) and lowest neuron number (retinal centre) decreasing to 1.5:1 in the adult. Retinae were labelled with 3H-thymidine in 15 mm Bufos and examined 2, 6, 12 and 18 weeks later. Higher rates of cell addition to the nasal and temporal poles of the INL were found compared with that at the dorsal and ventral poles. The retinal radial growth at the ciliary margin of the dorsal, ventral, nasal and temporal poles between the time of isotope injection and 18 weeks survival was found to be uneven; more radial elongation occurred at the nasal, dorsal and ventral poles and less at the temporal pole. These observations suggest that (a) the neuron distribution of the INL in adult animals approximates that of the GCL and (b) the visual streak-like area of the INL in Bufo develops by a sustained differential cell addition at the temporal and nasal poles of the retina.
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