Atlas

Atlas of Ultrastructural Neurocytology
by Josef Spacek

CONTENTS

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1. THE NEURON
     1.1. Plasma Membrane, Cytoplasm, and Organelles
          1.1.1. Plasma Membrane
          1.1.2. Endoplasmic Reticulum
          1.1.3. Golgi Apparatus
          1.1.4. Mitochondria
          1.1.5. Multivesicular Bodies
          1.1.6. Lysosomes
          1.1.7. Centrioles and Cilia
          1.1.8. Cytoskeleton
          1.1.9. Cytoplasmic Inclusions
          1.1.10. Endocytosis, Exocytosis
     1.2. Nucleus
     1.3. Perikaryon
     1.4. Dendrites
          1.4.1. Dendritic Spines
          1.4.2. Growth Cones
          1.4.3. Dendritic Filopodia
     1.5. Axon
     1.6. Chemical Synapses
     1.7. Intercellular Junctions Other than Chemical Synapses
     1.8. The Neuropil
     1.9. Regional Appearances of the Central Nervous Tissue

2. THE NEUROGLIA
     2.1. Astrocytes
     2.2. Ependyma
     2.3. Oligodendroglia
          2.3.1. Central Myelin
     2.4. Microglia

3. THE BLOOD VESSELS

4. THE CHOROID PLEXUS

5. THE PERIPHERAL NERVES AND GANGLIA

6. THE MENINGES

7. ABNORMALITIES
     7.1. Unusual and Difficult to Interpret Structures
     7.2. Examples of Neuropathological Changes
          7.2.1. General Pathology of Nervous Tissue
          7.2.2. Infections
          7.2.3. Degenerative and Demyelinating Changes and Diseases
          7.2.4. Neurometabolic Disorders
          7.2.5. Tumors
          7.2.6. Peripheral Neuropathies
     7.3. Artifacts

8. HOW SMALL IS IT?