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Reexamination of decussated fibers at the optic chiasma of rabbits

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Ducussated nerve fibers at the optic chiasma were studied using an orthograde fast axonal transport technique. Decussation was almost complete in both albino and colored rabbits. A slight rise in radioactivity noted in the ipsilateral retro-chiasmal optic tract was discussed in relation to non-axonal transport, detoured nerve fibers, or contaminated suprachiasmatic nucleus fragments.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 606, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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Chihara, E. Reexamination of decussated fibers at the optic chiasma of rabbits. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 218, 28–29 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02134096

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