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Development of three branches of the VIIIth cranial nerve was examined in the anuran, Xenopus laevis. Sectioned tissue from the saccular, amphibian papillar, and basilar papillar branches of stage 52 larvae, 1 day postmetamorphosis juveniles, and 2-year adult animals was analyzed under the light microscope with a digital image analysis system. Numbers and cross-sectional areas of myelinated axons were measured in five to six nerve sections at each developmental age for each of the three branches. In all three branches, results show a significant increase in axon numbers between larval stage 52 and juvenile ages and negligible increase in axon number between the juvenile and adult ages. There were differences in the average number of axons between the saccular (704.4 +/- 39.5; n = 5), amphibian papillar (508.4 +/- 35.0; n = 5), and basilar papillar (316.0 +/- 7.0; n = 5) branches of adult animals. Myelinated axons increase at an estimated rate of 11.7, 15.1, and 6.2 axons per day for the saccular, amphibian papillar, and basilar papillar branches, respectively. Axonal cross-sectional areas increased throughout the developmental ages of this study, with the greatest increase taking place between juvenile and adult ages. In adult animals, 98% of axons in all three branches have diameters between 2-10 microns. Ratios of axons to hair cells in adult animals were estimated at 0.3, 1.1, and 5.3 for the sacculus, amphibian papilla, and basilar papilla, respectively. The higher axon to hair cell ratio correlates with the increasing acoustical frequency sensitivity of the end organ.
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