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Golgi-type I and Golgi-type II Neurons in the Ventral Anterior Thalamic Nucleus of the Adult Human: Morphological Features and Quantitative Analysis

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The morphological and quantitative features of neurons in the adult human ventral anterior thalamic nucleus were studied in Golgi preparations. Two neuronal types were found and their quantitative features were studied. Golgi-type I neurons were medium to large cells with dense dendritic trees and dendritic protrusions and short hair-like appendages. They have somatic mean diameter of 30.8 μm (±9.4, n = 85). They have an average 100.3 dendritic branches, 48.97 dendritic branching points, and 58.85 dendritic tips. The mean diameters of their primary, secondary, and tertiary dendrites were 3.1 μm (±1, n = 80), 1.85 μm (±0.8, n = 145), and 1.5 μm (±0.4, n = 160), respectively. Golgi-type II neurons were small to medium cells with few sparsely branching dendrites and dendritic stalked appendages with or without terminal swellings. They have somatic mean diameters of 22.2 μm (±5.8, n = 120). They have an average 33.76 dendritic branches, 16.49 dendritic branching points, and 21.97 dendritic tips. The mean diameters of their primary, secondary, and tertiary dendrites were 1.6 μm (±0.86, n = 70), 1.15 μm (±0.55, n = 118), and 1 μm (±0.70, n = 95), respectively. These quantitative data may form the basis for further quantitative studies involving aging or some degenerative diseases that may affect cell bodies and/or dendritic trees of the Golgi-type I and/or Golgi-type II thalamic neurons.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan

    Saleh M. Al-Hussain (Bani Hani), Qasim A. El-Dwairi, Ziad M. Bataineh & Mohammad S. Al-Haidari

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan

    Jamil Al-Alami

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Al-Hussain (Bani Hani), S.M., El-Dwairi, Q.A., Bataineh, Z.M. et al. Golgi-type I and Golgi-type II Neurons in the Ventral Anterior Thalamic Nucleus of the Adult Human: Morphological Features and Quantitative Analysis. Cell Mol Neurobiol 28, 411–416 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-007-9248-8

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