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Cerebellar cortex layers (feline, HE)

1. molecular layer, arrow points to the nucleus of a glial cell

2. neuron, its position refers to a stellate cell

3. Purkinje cell: a dendrite

4. Purkinje cell in the ganglionic layer

5. satellite glial cell on the main dendrite of a Purkinje cell

6. neuron, its position refers to a basket cell

7. cerebellar glomeruli with surrounding granule cells, in the granular layer

8. white matter arrow points to the nucleus of a glial cell

In general, the neurons can not be classify with HE staining. The neurons indicated by numbers 2 and 9 represent most probably a stellate cell and a basket cell, respectively, on the basis of their position. Purkinje cells can be identified easily by their characteristic perykaryon and position. The cerebellar glomeruli are large synaptic complexes with the approximate size of smaller cells, so they are light microscopically visible. They were described in the last century, by Purkinje, who called them "cytoplasmic islets". The nucleus of the granule cells is similar to that of glial cells and a certain part of the nuclei seen in the granular layer surely belongs to glial cells. The Golgi-cells (in the granular layer) are not recognizable with HE staining.

Cerebellar cortex layers (feline, HE)

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