The role of Oligodendroglia and astroglia in Wallerian degeneration of the optic nerve. Electron microscopic observations of the internal limiting membrane and optic fiber layer of the retina of the Rhesus monkey (M. The astrocytes in the retina and optic nerve head of mammals: a special glia for the ganglion cell axons. Localization of the glial fibrillary acidic protein in astrocytes by immunofluorescence. Orlando: Academic Press INC, pp: 51–75.īignami, A., Eng, L.F., Dahl, D., Uyeda, C.T. 2: Biochemistry, physiology, and pharmacology of astrocytes. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.īerwald-Netter, Y., Koulakoff, A., Nowak, L., Ascher, P. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Because of the peculiar arrangement of the (epiretinal) blood vessels, the rabbit requires a specific type of astroglia to anchor these to the retinal parenchyma. The morphology and distribution of astrocytes varies according to the specie, the greatest morphological variety occurring in the rabbit retina. Both types perform similar functions, but the Müller glia are located troughout the retina while the astrocytes only appear in the vascular zones. ![]() The retina is a portion of the CNS that is composed of a large number of neurons and two types of macroglial cells: astrocytes and Müller cells. The functioning of the central nervous system (CNS) has been attributed to the neurons, but it is known that the astrocytes perform numerous activities which ensure that the neurons function and survive.
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