DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN RETINA - PATTERNS OF CELL DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION IN THE GANGLION-CELL LAYER
DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN RETINA - PATTERNS OF CELL DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION IN THE GANGLION-CELL LAYER
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.902330403
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
RUSSELL, P
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作者:
PROVIS, JM;VANDRIEL, D;RUSSELL, P
Neurogenesis in the ventricular layer and the development of cell topography in the ganglion cell layer were studied in whole-mounts of human fetal retinae. At the end of the embryonic period mitotic figures were seen over the entire outer surface of the retina. By .apprx. 14 wk gestation mitosis had ceased in central retina and differentiation of photoreceptor nuclei was evident within a well-defined area which constituted .apprx. 2% of total retina area. This area was approximately centered on the site of the putative fovea, identified by the exclusive development of cone nuclei at that location. The area of retina in which mitosis had ceased increased as gestation progressed. By mid-gestation mitosis in the ventricular layer occupied .apprx. 77% of the outer surface of the retina and by .apprx. 30 wk gestation mitosis in the ventricular layer had ceased. Cell density distributions in the ganglion cell layer were nonuniform at all stages studied (14-40 wk). Densities were highest at .apprx. 17 wk gestation and by midgestation the adult pattern of cell topography was present with maps showing elevated cell densities in posterior retina and along the horizontal meridian. Cell densities generally declined throughout the remainder of the gestation period, except in the posterior retina, where densities in the perifoveal ganglion cell layer remained high during the 2nd half of gestation. There is a rapid decline in cell density in the foveal ganglion cell layer toward the end of gestation and the persistence of high densities in the perifoveal region may be related to migration of cells away from the developing fovea. The total population of cells in the ganglion cell layer was highest (2.2-2.5 million cells) between about weeks 18 and 30 of gestation. After this the cell population declined rapidly to 1.5-1.7 million cells. Naturally occurring neuronal death is largely responsible for this decline.