A Golgi Study on the Olfactory Bulb in the Red Stingray, Dasyatis akajei

Abstract

The intrinsic organization of the olfactory bulb (OB) was studied in the red stingray using the rapid Golgi method. The OB is horse shoe-shaped, surrounding the equator region of the nasal capsule. As seen in the sagittal sections, the OB is round with the long olfactory peduncle extending from the dorsocaudal region and the olfactory fibers in a thick bundle entering from the rostroventral aspect. Although not so distinct, the following areas are distinguished. A rostroventral ovoid area adjacent to the entrance of the olfactory fibers consists exclusively of the olfactory fibers running in various directions. Dorsocaudal to the olfactory fiber area is a wide crescent region containing thin bundles of olfactory fibers, olfactory glomeruli, mitral cells and a few disseminated granule cells. A narrow crescent area made up of scattered granule cells is located dorsocaudally to the above wide crescent area. The outermost region consists of a fiber layer encapsulating the dorsal to caudal aspect of the OB. Thus, while the major constituents of the vertebrate OB are recognized, the lamination is very obscure. © 1992, Editorial Board of Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica. All rights reserved.