Developing human optic nerve in prenatal period changes in the numbers of retinal axons.
A quantitative estimation of the number of axons in the optic nerves of human foetuses ranging from approximately 8 to 26 weeks has been made. This study shows that from 8 weeks there is a steady increase in the number of axons with subsequent decrease by 26 weeks, during the period of lamination in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
1987-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Online Access: | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1987;volume=35;issue=1;spage=11;epage=16;aulast=Wadhwa |