Neuronal Circuitry in the Medial Cerebral Cortex of Lizards

摘要

The medial cortex of lizards is a simple three-layered brain region displaying many characteristics which parallel the hippocampal fascia dentata of mammals. Its principal neurons form a morphologically diverse population, partly as a result of the prominent continuous growth of this nervous centre. By using the classical Golgi impregnation method we describe here the morphology of the principal neurons (8 types) and the short-axon intemeurons (18 types) populating the medial cortex of Podarcis hispanica as well as the connections between them.