48,597
edits
Difference between revisions of "Neurohistology"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
more
m (→Pineal gland: +iamges) |
(more) |
||
| Line 75: | Line 75: | ||
*Ependyma (simple ciliated cuboidal epithelium). | *Ependyma (simple ciliated cuboidal epithelium). | ||
*Subependymal plate - connective tissue with blood vessels. | *Subependymal plate - connective tissue with blood vessels. | ||
==Caudate== | ==Caudate== | ||
| Line 212: | Line 205: | ||
*Highly cellular structure - may be confused with (metastatic) small cell carcinoma. | *Highly cellular structure - may be confused with (metastatic) small cell carcinoma. | ||
*Often calcified. | *Often calcified. | ||
==Midbrain== | |||
Structures: | |||
*Substantia nigra (Parkinson's disease). | |||
*Nucleus of CN IV. | |||
==Pons== | |||
Features: | |||
*Looks like bacon (at very low power).<ref>Croul SE. 28 June 2010.</ref> | |||
*Images: | |||
**[http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/sbumcfiles/images/243-scout.jpg Pons (stonybrookmedicalcenter.org)]. | |||
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pons_-_intermed_mag.jpg Pons - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | |||
===Locus ceruleus=== | |||
*Literally means ''blue spot''. | |||
*Location: adjacent to midline + anterior to 4th ventricle. | |||
Features: | |||
*Pigmented neurons. | |||
**Produce norepinephrine. | |||
==Medulla== | |||
===Anterior=== | |||
*Pyramids: adjacent to midline, anterior. | |||
*Olives: lateral and posterior to pyramids. | |||
===Posterior - important nuclei (location)=== | |||
*CN XII: 4th ventricle + adjacent to midline; medial to nucleus of CN X. | |||
*CN X: 4th ventricle + lateral to nucleus of CN XII. | |||
===IHC=== | ===IHC=== | ||