Electron-microscopic observations on preterminal fibers in the oculomotor nucleus of the cat. With special reference to the relation between axon diameter and myelin thickness in mammalian gray matter.

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
S G Waxman

Abstract

Electron microscopy of myelinated fibers in main lateral cell groups of the cat oculomotor nucleus reveals the majority to have diameters of less than 3 mum, with more than one-half less than 1 mum in diameter. The values of the ratio g (axon diameter/total fiber diameter) range between 0.58 and 0.88, with a mean of 0.74. There is no definite relation between g and fiber diameter. The morphological data are consistent with physiological data on preterminal conduction velocities in the oculomotor nucleus, and extend the dimensional analysis of myelinated fibers in gray matter, which has previously been confined to lower vertebrates, to the mammalian central nervous system.

Citations

May 28, 2019·Frontiers in Neural Circuits·Robert Turner
Jun 27, 2019·Glia·Luisa de Vivo, Michele Bellesi
Dec 7, 2018·Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·Zahraa ChorghayEdward S Ruthazer

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