Brain Anatomy Lecture 2

Question 1

What are the 2 possible arrangements of neurons?

Answer 1

• Layers

- Nuclei

Question 2

Describe the cell structure of the cerebral cortex

Answer 2

• a laminated (layered) structure
  
  • -> 6 layers
• contains pyramidal neurons
  
  • -> have spiny dendrites

Question 3

What are Brodmann areas?

Answer 3

• Brodmann categorised areas of the cerebral cortex by cell/layer structure
• These regions are associated with functional specialisations