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Cytodifferentiation of photoreceptors in larval goldfish: Delayed maturation of rods
Author(s) -
Raymond Pamela A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.902360108
Subject(s) - biology , retina , anatomy , larva , rod , cone (formal languages) , hatching , fucose , fish <actinopterygii> , microbiology and biotechnology , neuroscience , ecology , pathology , medicine , alternative medicine , algorithm , fishery , computer science , glycoprotein
This study describes the differentiation of photoreceptors in larval goldfish retina. The earliest photoreceptors to differentiate were cones; 3 H‐fucose labeled cone but not rod outer segments in larval as well as adult goldfish. All major cone types known to be present in the adult goldfish retina (double cones, long and short single cones) were found in the larval retina by 2 days after hatching. The cones matured rapidly; within a few days they had well‐developed outer segments and synaptic pedicles that were smaller, but otherwise similar to those in adults. Rods were slower to mature. Their outer segments were at first short, wide, and misshapen; only as they grew longer and narrower did they become straight and properly aligned. Rod spherules were first seen in fish older than 1 month; immature rods contained perinuclear synaptic ribbons and invaginating processes penetrated the cell body. These results suggest that the influence of rods and cones on visual function in larval goldfish may be quite different from the adult.