Special Senses System

Eye, Optic Nerve - Degeneration

    Narrative
    Eye, Optic nerve - Degeneration in a female B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study. Optic nerve degeneration (arrow) is characterized by scattered clear vacuoles.
    Eye, Optic nerve - Degeneration in a female B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study. Optic nerve degeneration (arrow) is characterized by scattered clear vacuoles.
    Eye, Optic nerve - Degeneration in a female B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There are scattered clear vacuoles (arrow) in the optic nerve.
    Eye, Optic nerve - Degeneration in a female B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There are scattered clear vacuoles (arrow) in the optic nerve.

    Author

    Margarita M. Gruebbel, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Ruth E. Hurley, DVM, PHD, DACVP
    Senior Veterinary Pathologist
    Huntingdon Life Sciences
    North Brunswick, NJ

    Robert R. Maronpot, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVP, DABT, FIATP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC