Abstract
Perikaryal myelin sheaths on statoacoustic ganglion cells in 3-day-old chicks were studied by electron microscopy. The fixation method with a high-concentrated warm fixative helped in successful demonstrations of perikaryal myelin structures. The sheaths were composed of loose and compact myelin mixed by various arrangements. Twenty-seven percent of perikarya were entirely encircled by compact myelin, 71% were partly wrapped by compact myelin, and 2% were wrapped by just loose myelin. The perikaryal myelin was composed of 3 to 16 layers of loose and compact lamellae, whereas the axonal myelin of 10 to 28 of compact lamellae. Since no unmyelinated perikarya, which are covered by a single layer of Schwann cell cytoplasm, were detected, it is suggested that the perikarya myelination on all the ganglion cells has started before 3 days after hatching.
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