Special Senses System
Eye, Optic Nerve - Degeneration
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Optic nerve degeneration can be characterized by scattered clear vacuoles (as in Figure 1


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Eye, Optic nerve - Degeneration in a female B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study. Optic nerve degeneration (arrow) is characterized by scattered clear vacuoles.