Summary
In the retina of the goldfish and the rainbow trout, the axons of ganglion cells belong to the unmyelinated or the myelinated types. The unmyelinated fibers are either arranged in bundles in direct contact with neighboring fibers or they are separated by intervening lamellae of oligodendroglial cytoplasm. The myelin sheaths of the myelinated fibers differ greatly in thickness. Most fibers show 3 to 5 myelin layers; single fiber elements, however, show 10 or even more layers.
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Wolburg, H. Myelinated axons of ganglion cells in the retinae of teleosts. Cell Tissue Res. 210, 517–520 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220207
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