Neurosciences: Histology of the Nervous System
Histology · Basic Sciences
How it begins
Ultraestructura celular, citoarquitectura tisular, técnicas histológicas y correlaciones anatomopatológicas de todas las células y tejidos del sistema nervioso central y periférico.
What it covers
- Histological Techniques in Neuroscience
- · Standard Staining Techniques
- The Neuron: Ultrastructure and Morphology
- · The Pericaryon: Organelles and Function
- · Morphological Classification of Neurons
- · Dendritic Spines
- Axon and Axonal Transport
- · Axon Compartments
- · Axonal Transport: Intraneuronal Distribution System
- Neuroglia cells
- · Astrocytes
- · Oligodendrocytes
- · Microglia
- · Ependymal Cells
- Myelin: Structure, Composition and Formation
- · Biochemical Composition of Myelin
- · Myelinated Segment Structure: Key Components
- · Saltatory Conduction: Biophysical Base
- Synapses: Ultrastructure and Types
- · Electrical Synapses (Gap Junctions)
- · Chemical Synapses: Ultrastructure
- · Classification of Chemical Synapses
- · The Synaptic Vesicle Cycle
- Peripheral Nerve and Ganglia
- · Architecture of the Peripheral Nerve
- · Sensitive Ganglia (Dorsal Root Ganglia)
- · Peripheral Nerve Degeneration and Regeneration
- Cerebral Cortex: Cytoarchitecture
- · Classification of the Cerebral Cortex
- · The Six Layers of the Isocortex
- · Types of Crust According to the Layer Pattern
- Cerebellum: Histology and Circuit
- · The Three Layers of the Cerebellar Cortex
- · The Cerebellar Circuit: Convergence and Divergence
- Spinal Cord: Histological Organization
- · Gray Matter: The Blades of Rexed
- · White Matter: Medullary Fascicles
- Blood-brain barrier (BBB)
- · Ultrastructural components of the BBB
- · Transport across the BBB
- · Circumventricular Organs (Regions without BBB)
- Fundamental Neuropathological Correlations
- · Neurodegenerative Diseases: Histological Markers
- · Histological Classification of CNS Tumors (WHO 2021)
- Histoclinical Integration
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- Subject
- Histology
- Category
- Basic Sciences
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 45
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02