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Basic Neuroscience: Neuro Histology
For bootcamp quiz 1
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Medical
Post-Graduate
01/21/2018

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Term
4 types of axons
Definition
uMultipolar: > or = 3 dendrites; one long axon; most common type
uBipolar: elongated cell body; two processes ending in dendrites or axon with end terminals (olfactory, retinal, spiral and scarpas ganglion)
uPseudo-Unipolar:  single process (axon) arises from cell body and divides (dorsal root ganglion)

 

uUnipolar: extremely rare; axon arises from s[image]ite of dendrites
Term
Nissl Substance=
Definition
In neurons, is ribosomes and endoplasmic reticulim
Term

What microtubules in nerves do?

What stabilizes them?

Definition

axonal transport

Stabilized by MAP and TAU

Term
What neurofilaments do
Definition
stabilize cytoskeleton
Term

Fast anterograde axonal transport

- speed

- protein

Definition

100-400 mm/day

Kinesin

Term

Fast retrograde axonal transport

- Speed

- protein

- diseases

- tracing techniques

Definition

50-200 mm/day

Dynein

Diseases: HSV, polio, rabies

Tracing technique: HRP (horse-radish peroxidase)

Term
4 types of neuroglia
Definition

- Astrocytes

- Oligodendrocytes

- Microglia

- Ependymal cells

Term

Astrocyte cells

- Functions (5)

- Staining

- Subgroups (3)

Definition

- Functions: insulate, uptake of neurotransmitters, K regulation, Ca2+ regulation, glutamate regulation

- All stain + for GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein)

- Protoplasmic (regular, form barriers with end feet), Fibrous (in white matter, repair damage), Muller cells (in retina)

 

Term
2 types of oligodendrocytes
Definition

- Interfascicular: in white matter, involved in myelination

- Perineural: in grey matter

Term
Microglia embryologic origin, and their role
Definition

mesoderm (are the only one)

phagocytose damaged CNS structures

Term
Where are ependymal cells and what do they do?
Definition
Form a single layer along ventricles and spinal cord. Have microvilli for absorption and cilia to help CSF flow
Term
What cell myelinates peripheral axons and in what configuration?
Definition

Schwann cells

one cell per part of one axon

Term
What cell myelinates central axons and in what configuration?
Definition

Oligodendrocytes

One cells projects to numerous axons

Term
3 Schwann cell diseases and their defective proteins
Definition
  • Charcot Marie Tooth = proteolipid myelin protein 22
  • Infantile CMT= Proteolipid protein P0
  • x-linked CMT= Connexin 32
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