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 Olfactory projection neuron (insect)
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Region:
Distal equivalent dendrite Middle equivalent dendrite Proximal equivalent dendrite Soma Axon hillock Axon fiber Axon terminal All Compartments
Properities: Receptors Channels Transmitters All Properties
Interoperation: Gene and Chromosome
Neuron Type: principal
Organism: Invertebrates
 1.Equivalent dendrite  
 2.Distal equivalent dendrite  
 3.Middle equivalent dendrite  
 4.Proximal equivalent dendrite  
 5.Soma  
 6.Axon hillock  
 7.Axon fiber  
 8.Axon terminal  

Key: Region: D, dendrite; S, soma (cell body); AH, axon hillock-initial segment of the axon; A, axon; T, axon terminal. Type of dendrite: e, equivalent cylinder (for single dendrites and multipolar trees); a, apical; b, basal; o, oblique. Level of dendrite: (p) proximal, (m) middle, and (d) distal with respect to the cell body. For further explanations, see canonical representations.

Graphic from:Vickers et al. (1998) Journal of Comparative Neurology 400:35-56; based on confocal microscopic image on p. 47.
T, axon terminals (diagrammatic; not drawn to scale)
 
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