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  2. Medium spiny neuron - Wikipedia

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    The medium spiny neurons are medium-sized projection neurons with extensively branched dendrites. The cell body is 15–18 μm and has five primary dendrites that become branched. At first the dendrites are without spines but at about the first branch point they become densely spined.

  3. Stratum lucidum of hippocampus - Wikipedia

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    The interneurons found in the stratum lucidum are of two classes, spiny and aspiny. Spiny neurons are a "special type of inhibitory cell", characterized by spiny projections on the dendrites of the cell. The axons of these neurons in the hippocampus terminate primarily in the stratum lucidum and stratum radiatum of CA3.

  4. Projection fiber - Wikipedia

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    Projection fibers consist of efferent and afferent fibers uniting the cortex with the lower parts of the brain and with the spinal cord. In human neuroanatomy, bundles of axons (nerve fibers) called nerve tracts , within the brain, can be categorized by their function into association tracts , projection tracts , and commissural tracts .

  5. Spinal neuron - Wikipedia

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    The location and severity of the spinal cord injury or disease determine the particular symptoms. In order to diagnose and treat spinal cord illnesses and to create prospective treatments for spinal cord injuries, it is essential to comprehend spinal neurons and their roles.

  6. Dendritic spine - Wikipedia

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    Dendritic spines serve as a storage site for synaptic strength and help transmit electrical signals to the neuron's cell body. Most spines have a bulbous head (the spine head), and a thin neck that connects the head of the spine to the shaft of the dendrite. The dendrites of a single neuron can contain hundreds to thousands of spines.

  7. Nigrostriatal pathway - Wikipedia

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    The substantia nigra is located in the ventral midbrain of each hemisphere. It has two distinct parts, the pars compacta (SNc) and the pars reticulata (SNr). The pars compacta contains dopaminergic neurons from the A9 cell group that forms the nigrostriatal pathway that, by supplying dopamine to the striatum, relays information to the basal ganglia.

  8. Betz cell - Wikipedia

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    Location: Layer V of cortex in primary motor cortex: Shape: Multipolar pyramidal -- some of the longest axons in the body. Function: Excitatory projection neuron to spinal cord: Neurotransmitter: Glutamate: Presynaptic connections: Superficial cortical layers, premotor cortex: Postsynaptic connections: Ventral horn of the spinal cord ...

  9. Spinocerebellar tracts - Wikipedia

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    This is a column of relay neuron cell bodies within the medial gray matter within the spinal cord in layer VII (just beneath the dorsal horn), specifically between T1-L3. These neurons then send axons up the spinal cord , and project ipsilaterally to medial zones of the cerebellum through the inferior cerebellar peduncle .