Nerve Tissue page 31

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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

4. Nerve Tissue

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4.31 Purkinje cell

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Section of the cerebellar cortex, showing the cell body of a Purkinje cell (P) at the borderline of the molecular layer (Mol) above and the granular layer (G) below.

The Purkinje cell sends numerous fanlike branching dendrites that reach the surface of the cerebellum. The single long axon of these cells (not seen here) penetrates the granular layer and the medulla.

The small nuclei present in the molecular and granular layers belong to small neurons and neuroglia.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×900

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