Table of Contents
Structural Diversity of
Neurons and their Synapses
Lecture 2 Sources: Chap. 1 "Synapses", Synapse Web, DM. Nichols Book, Chap. ; Peters Palay and Webster, Chapter 5
Cajal's description of the Neuron Doctrine in his Nobel Lecture
Parts of the Neuron
Diversity in Dendrite Arbors
Density of Dendritic Arbors have a Profound Impact on Interneuronal Connectivity
Multicolor Image of Dendritic Arbors
Etymology of "Synapse"
Electron microscopy unequivocally validates the Neuron Doctrine
Diversity
in Structure of Synaptic Dendritic
Protrusions
Diversity in Synapse Types and Locations
Diversity in Synapse Structure Across the Nervous System
Excitatory asymmetric synapses on dendritic spines in the Cerebellum of Rhesus Monkey
Inhibitory synapse between a basket cell axon terminal and Purkinje cell body in Rhesus Cerebellum
Two different types of axons synapsing with the same small dendrite
Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses in the Visual Cortex of a Rat
Anoaxonic Synapse in Rat Cerebral Cortex
Dendro-dendritic Synapse
Motor End Plate
Neuromuscular Junction TEM
Summary Structural Diversity
All of neuroscience is at some level
the study of synapses.
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