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Segmentation of axons in light and electron micrographs allows for quantitative high-resolution analysis of nervous tissues, but varied axonal dispersion angles result in over-estimates of fiber sizes. To overcome this technical challenge, we developed a novel shape-adjusted ellipse (SAE) determination of axonal size and myelination as an all-inclusive and non-biased tool to correct for oblique nerve fiber presentations. Our new resource was validated by light and electron microscopy against traditional methods of determining nerve fiber size and myelination in rhesus macaques as a model system. We performed detailed segmental mapping and characterized the morphological signatures of autonomic and motor fibers in primate lumbosacral ventral roots (VRs). An  en bloc  inter-subject variability for the preganglionic parasympathetic fibers within the L7-S2 VRs was determined. The SAE approach allows for morphological ground truth data collection and assignment of individual axons to functional phenotypes with direct implications for fiber mapping and neuromodulation studies.

A shape-adjusted ellipse approach corrects for varied axonal dispersion angles and myelination in primate nerve roots