Centrifugal Fibers in the Chick Retina

Summary This work is a morhological study of the centrifugal fibers in the chick retina. We have classified these fibers in two types: type I centrifugal fibers and type II centrifugal fibers. Type I centrifugal fibers constitute a new model of axonic terminal in the birds retina. These fibers terminate exclusively in the inner plexiform layer where they show long tangential trajectories. Type II centrifugal fibers are coincident with classical ones previously described in the avian retina. With the Golgi method we describe new levels of terminations of these type II centrifugal fibers.