Fine structure and quantitative study in the otic ganglia of the rat
Costa, W.S.; Mandarim de Lacerda, C.A.; Bauer, J.A.
Gegenbaurs Morphologisches Jahrbuch 134(6): 949-955
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-5840 PMID: 3229617 Document Number: 311012
Observations were concentrated on the ultrastructure of perikarya and satellite cells of the otic ganglion of the adult rat. Characteristics of both cell types were morphologically analysed as well as their relationship. Quantitative data concerning the volumetric density were calculated for the following elements of the ganglion: glial cells together (28.5%), unmyelinated fibres (13.4%), myelinated fibres (2.7%), connective tissue (13.6%). This electron microscopic study is a sequence of our previous light microscopic study which determined neuronal densities (COSTA, MANDARIM-DE-LACERDA and BAUER, in press).