PSY1003 WEEK 1 LO: be familiar with function of some nuclei within those divisions

Question 1

describe structure of pyramidal cells (in cortex)

Answer 1

triangular cell body, multipolar, large dendrite extending from apex into cortex surface (golgi type 1), spiny dendrites

Question 2

describe structure of spiny stellate cells (in cortex)

Answer 2

ovoid cell body, multipolar, interneurons (short/no axons), golgi type 2

Question 3

describe structure of a dopaminergic neuron

Answer 3

fusiform cell body, multipolar, axon emerges from cell body or one dendrite

Question 4

describe structure of purkinje cells (in cerebellum)

Answer 4

ovoid cell body, bipolar, highly branched, spiny dendrites, golgi type 1