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Golgi-Kopsch preparations of the oral ventral nuclei of human thalamus were analyzed in an attempt to classify the neuronal types.
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Three types of neurons are described for the first time in humans. Type I neurons are large or medium in size and bear dendrites with protrusions, spines, and short hair-like appendages. Some have a radiate dendritic arbor and others have dendrites grouped in tufts. The dendritic trees of these neurons are dense.
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Type II neurons are medium or small in size with less dense dendritic trees. These cells have somatic as well as dendritic appendages of different forms.
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Relatively rare is a type of very small neurons, type III, with few and sparsely branching dendrites.
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Al-Hussain, S.M. Morphological characteristics of different types of neurons in the ventrooralis anterior, ventrooralis internus, and ventrooralis posterior nuclei in the human thalamus. Cell Mol Neurobiol 12, 217–224 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00712927
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