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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Eye Res. 2015 Dec 15;146:7–16. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.12.007

Figure 4.

Figure 4

H & E stained sections of the optic nerve head of a 9 weeks-old pigmented guinea pig; low magnification A) en face view at the level of the lamina cribrosa, cut at a slight angle with visible sclera superiorly and retina inferiorly, and B) cross-sectional view, including pre-laminar (*), laminar (+) and post-laminar regions (‡). Laminar region represents the section shown in (A); high magnification cross sectional views of C) pre-laminar and laminar regions (arrow: nerve fiber bundles) and D) the post-laminar region (arrowhead: presumed glial cells). Scale bars represent 100 μm (A & B) and 50 μm (C & D).