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

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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.

Author: harris