Neurocytology

Neurons and Interneuronal Connections: a Historical Overview.- Some Evolutionary Aspects and General Features of Neurons.- Shape and Size of Neurons.- Different Types of Neuron.- The Structure of Neurons.- The Perikaryon.- The Nucleus.- Dendrites.- Age-Related Changes.- The Axon.- The Plasma Membrane.- Intercellular Junctions Involving Neurons.- Interneuronal Adherent Junctions.- Interneuronal Chemical Synapses.- Autapses.- The Neuromuscular Junction.- Structural Aspects of Synaptic Activity.- Synaptic Structural Plasticity.- Age-Related Changes.- Relationship Between Axons of the Autonomic Nervous System and Effector Cells.- Electrotonic and Mixed Junctions.- Synapse-Like Junctions Involving Neuroglial Cells.- Other Types of Interneuronal Communication.- The Neuroglia of the PNS.- The Satellite Cells of Sensory and Autonomic Ganglia.- Schwann Cells and the Myelin Sheath.- Other Neuroglial Cells of the PNS.- Functions of the PNS Neuroglia.- Neuron-Glia Communication.- The Neuroglia of the CNS.- Historical Note.- Some Evolutionary Aspects.- The Ependyma.- The Choroid Epithelium.- Astrocytes.- Oligodendrocytes.- NG2-Expressing Cells.- Renewal of the Neuroglial Cell Population.- Microglial Cells.- Historical Note.- Resting Microglia.- Neural Macrophages.- Age-Related Changes.- The Cellular Organization of the CNS.- The Blood Vessels of the CNS.- Arteries.- Capillaries and the Blood-Brain Barrier.- Veins.- Cells Associated with Microvessels.- Age-Related Changes.