Nervous System: Cells

Today’s tutorial covers the nervous system with specific focus on types of nerve cells.

Table of Contents: Time Stamps
CNS vs. PNS 1:28
Nerve Cells 3:33
Neuronal Cell Body 5:17
Axons 6:26
Dendrites 7:54
Synapses 8:52
Types of Glial Cells 11:27
Astrocytes 12:00
Oligodendroctyes 12:54
Schwann Cells 13:47
Microglia 14:28

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Acknowledgements:

Images:
Hippocampal neuron courtesy of Dr. Megan Williams, University of Utah
-Neuronal timeline cartoon from Bioninja.com
Silver stained astrocyte image courtesy of University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, via the Virtual Microscopy Database
Microglia image courtesy of Dr. Alejandra Bosco, University of Utah
Cartoon of myelin and EMs from Stassart et al., 2018 The Myelin Unit in Development and Degenerative Disease. Open access under CC BY.

Histology Wizard created by Miekan Stonhill
Animations by Jessika Raisor: Twitter - @jessika_arts, Website - jessikaraisor.com