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The characteristic dendritic arborization of different cell types, the axon arborization of Golgi type II neurons, and the terminal parts of the specific and non-specific afferents in the nucleus anterior ventralis and medialis were observed, using the Golgi-Kopsch perfusion method.
The cell types and their special characteristics, such as the dendritic tree, dendritic processes and axon-arborization patterns are similar to those described in the other specific nuclei of the thalamus. The significance of Golgi type II/a cells and their synaptic relations are discussed from the point of view of inhibitory mechanisms postulated in the thalamic relay nuclei. The synaptic articulations of specific (Vicq d'Azyr) and non-specific afferents with the different cell types have been studied.
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Somogyi, G., Tömböl, T. & Hajdu, F. Some Golgi observations in the nucleus anterior ventralis and anterior medialis thalami of the cat. Z. Anat. Entwickl. Gesch. 139, 247–258 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00519967
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