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Golgi type I neurons — pyramidal neurons with very long axons, that leave the gray matter of the central nervous system, traverse the white matter, and terminate in the periphery; called also Golgi type I cells … Medical dictionary
Golgi cells — types of neurone (nerve cells) within the central nervous system. Golgi type I neurones have very long axons that connect different parts of the system; Golgi type II neurones, also known as microneurones, have only short axons or sometimes none … Medical dictionary
Golgi, Camillo — (1843–1926) Born in the small mountain village of Corteno, near Brescia (Lombardy), Camillo Golgi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1906 (the same year Giosue Carducci won the literature prize). Golgi studied at the University of Pavia in the … Historical Dictionary of modern Italy
Golgi tendon organ — Organ of Golgi (neurotendinous spindle) from the human tendo calcaneus. Latin organum sensorium tendinis Gray s … Wikipedia
Golgi apparatus — This article is about the organelle. For the Phish song, see Junta (album). Micrograph of Golgi apparatus, visible as a stack of semicircular black rings near the bottom. Numerous circular vesicles can be seen in proximity to the organelle … Wikipedia
Gierke cells — small, deeply staining Golgi type II neurons that constitute the chief cells of Rolando gelatinous substance; cf. Rolando c s … Medical dictionary
substantia gelatinosa cornu posterioris medullae spinalis — [TA] gelatinous substance of posterior horn of spinal cord: gelatinous appearing material in Rexed laminae II of the posterior column of the spinal cord, consisting chiefly of Golgi type II neurons and some larger nerve cells … Medical dictionary
Neuron — This article is about cells in the nervous system. For other uses, see Neuron (disambiguation). Brain cell redirects here. For other uses, see Glial cell. Neuron: Nerve Cell … Wikipedia
Cerebral cortex — For other uses, see Cortex (disambiguation). Brain: Cerebral cortex The cerebral cortex is the outer layer depicted in dark violet … Wikipedia
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
