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Vertebrate Neuron Overview
This is a list of all neurons that belong to vertebrates. There are 275 vertebrate neurons in NeuroLex. This list is also available as CSV
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A
- Abducens nucleus motor neuron
- Accumbens nucleus core nucleus
- Accumbens nucleus shell neuron
- Amygdala basolateral nuclear complex nonpyramidal PV basket cell
- Amygdala basolateral nuclear complex nonpyramidal PV chandelier cell
- Amygdala basolateral nuclear complex nonpyramidal SOM neuron
- Amygdala basolateral nuclear complex pyramidal neuron
- Amygdala intercalated nuclei small spiny neuron
- Amygdala lateral central nucleus medium spiny neuron
- Antennal lobe (Honey bee) interneuron
- Antennal lobe (Honey bee) principal neuron
- Antennal lobe (Manduca) interneuron
- Antennal lobe (Manduca) principal neuron
B
- Basalis nucleus cholinergic neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis basket neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis beaded neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis common spiny neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis dense axon plexus-forming neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis small pyramidal neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis spiny bipolar neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis spiny neuron with chandelier-like axon
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis superficial spiny neuron
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis triangular neuron
C
- Cerebellar deep nucleus principal neuron
- Cerebellum Golgi cell
- Cerebellum Lugaro cell
- Cerebellum Purkinje cell
- Cerebellum basket cell
- Cerebellum candelabrum cell
- Cerebellum granule cell
- Cerebellum nucleus reciprocal projections neuron
- Cerebellum stellate cell
- Cerebellum unipolar brush cell
- Ciliary ganglion cell
- Cochlea inner hair cell
- Cochlea outer hair cell
- Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) cartwheel cell
- Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) gabaergic cell
- Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) giant cell
- Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) glutamatergic cell
- Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) granule cell
- Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) pyramidal neuron
- Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) vertical cell
- Cochlear nucleus (ventral) D cell
- Cochlear nucleus (ventral) bushy cell
- Cochlear nucleus (ventral) globular bushy cell
- Cochlear nucleus (ventral) multipolar T cell
- Cochlear nucleus (ventral) multipolar cell
- Cochlear nucleus (ventral) octopus cell
- Cochlear nucleus chestnut cell
- Colliculus Inferior GABAergic Principal Cell
- Colliculus inferior intrinsic cell
- Colliculus inferior principal cell
- Colliculus superior deep vertical fusiform cell
- Colliculus superior intermediate vertical fusiform cell
- Colliculus superior inverted pyramidal cell
- Colliculus superior piriform cell
- Colliculus superior pyramidal cell
- Colliculus superior stellate neuron
- Colliculus superior type I ganglion cell
- Colliculus superior wide field vertical cell
- Cranial relay neuron
D
- DRG IA cell
- DRG Meissner's corpuscle cell
- DRG Merckel disc cell
- DRG Pacinian corpuscle cell
- DRG temperature cell
- Dentate gyrus HICAP cell
- Dentate gyrus HIPP cell
- Dentate gyrus IS-I cell
- Dentate gyrus IS-II cell
- Dentate gyrus IS-III cell
- Dentate gyrus MOPP cell
- Dentate gyrus axo-axonic cell
- Dentate gyrus basket cell
- Dentate gyrus granule cell
- Dentate gyrus hilar cell
- Dentate gyrus mossy cell
- Dentate gyrus spiny CR cell
- Dentate gyrus trilaminar interneuron
- Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus motor neuron
- Dorsal root ganglion A alpha-beta nociceptive neuron
- Dorsal root ganglion A alpha-beta non-nociceptive neuron
- Dorsal root ganglion A delta nociceptive neuron
- Dorsal root ganglion A delta non-nociceptive neuron
- Dorsal root ganglion C nociceptive neuron
- Dorsal root ganglion C non-nociceptive neuron
- Dorsal tegmental nucleus medium cell
- Dorsal tegmental nucleus small cell
F
G
G cont.
- Globus pallidus principal cell
- Gracilis nucleus intrinsic cell
- Gracilis nucleus principal cell
- Grid cell
H
- Head direction cell
- Hippocampus CA1 IS-I neuron
- Hippocampus CA1 LM(R) PP neuron
- Hippocampus CA1 basket cell
- Hippocampus CA1 neurogliaform cell
- Hippocampus CA1 neurogliaform neuron
- Hippocampus CA1 oriens lacunosum moleculare neuron
- Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal cell
- Hippocampus CA2 basket cell broad
- Hippocampus CA2 pyramidal neuron
- Hippocampus CA3 oriens interneuron
- Hippocampus CA3 pyramidal cell
- Hypoglossal nucleus GABA neuron
- Hypoglossal nucleus motor neuron
- Hypothalamus oxytocin neuroendocrine magnocellular cell
- Hypothalamus vasopressin neuroendocrine magnocellular neuron
I
L
M
- Mauthner cell
- Medullary collateral inhibitory neuron
- Medullary commissural inhibitory neuron
- Mushroom body (Honey bee) Kenyon cell
N
- Neocortex Cajal-Retzius cell
- Neocortex Martinotti cell
- Neocortex basket cell
- Neocortex bipolar cell
- Neocortex bouquet double cell
- Neocortex candelabrum cell
- Neocortex chandelier cell
- Neocortex primary motor area pyramidal layer 2-3 cell
- Neocortex primary motor area pyramidal layer 5 callosal cell
- Neocortex primary motor area pyramidal layer 5 corticopontine-tectal cell
- Neocortex primary motor area pyramidal layer 5 corticospinal cell
- Neocortex primary motor area pyramidal layer 5 corticostriate cell
- Neocortex primary motor area pyramidal layer 6 cell
- Neocortex primary motor area stellate layer 4 cell
- Neocortex primary visual area pyramidal layer 2-3 cell
- Neocortex primary visual layer 5 callosal cell
- Neocortex primary visual layer 5 corticopontine/tectal pyramidal cell
- Neocortex pyramidal cell
- Neocortex pyramidal cell layer 5-6
- Neocortex pyramidal layer 2-3 cell
- Neocortex stellate cell
- Neocortex stellate layer 4 cell
- Neocortex stellate smooth cell
- Neocortex stellate spiny cell
- Neostriatum GABA interneuron
- Neostriatum Neurogliaform cell
- Neostriatum SOM/NOS cell
- Neostriatum cholinergic cell
- Neostriatum direct pathway spiny neuron
- Neostriatum gaba/parvalbumin interneuron
- Neostriatum indirect pathway spiny neuron
- Neuroendocrine motor magnocellular neurosecretory cell
- Neurogliaform cell
- Nucleus ambiguus motor neuron
- Nucleus laminaris principal neuron
O
- Oculomotor nucleus motor neuron
- Olfactory bulb (accessory) glomerular layer cell
- Olfactory bulb (accessory) granule cell
- Olfactory bulb (accessory) mitral cell
- Olfactory bulb (main) Blanes cell
- Olfactory bulb (main) adult-born granule cell
- Olfactory bulb (main) granule cell
- Olfactory bulb (main) mitral cell
- Olfactory bulb (main) periglomerular cell
- Olfactory bulb (main) tufted cell (middle)
- Olfactory bulb main tufted cell external
- Olfactory cortex deep pyramidal cell
- Olfactory cortex horizontal cell
- Olfactory cortex multipolar cell
- Olfactory cortex semilunar cell
- Olfactory cortex small globular cell
- Olfactory cortex superficial pyramidal cell
- Olfactory epithelium main sensory cell
- Olfactory epithelium main supporting cell
- Olfactory tubercle Islets of Calleja DA cell
- Olfactory tubercle Islets of Calleja GABA cell
- Olfactory tubercle Islets of Calleja dwarf neuron
- Olfactory tubercle Islets of Calleja granule neuron
- Olfactory tubercle Islets of Calleja large Type 2 hilar cell
- Olfactory tubercle Islets of Calleja large hilar cell
- Olfactory tubercle Islets of Calleja spiny granule neuron
P
R
R cont.
- Retina Giant-Melanopsin Ganglion Cell
- Retina Off-Midget Ganglion Cell
- Retina Off-Upsilon Ganglion Cell
- Retina On-Midget Ganglion Cell
- Retina On/Off-Parasol Ganglion Cell
- Retina Retina narrow-field AII amacrine cell
- Retina amacrine cell
- Retina bipolar cell
- Retina bipolar cell on
- Retina ganglion cell
- Retina horizontal cell
- Retina interplexiform cell
- Retina medium complex ganglion cell
- Retina medium simple ganglion cell
- Retina midget bipolar cell
- Retina photoreceptor L cone cell
- Retina photoreceptor M cone cell
- Retina photoreceptor S cone cell
- Retina photoreceptor cone cell
- Retina photoreceptor rod cell
- Retina small complex ganglion cell
- Retina small simple ganglion cell
- Retina stratified amacrine cell
- Retina thick dendrite horizontal cell
- Retina thin dendrite horizontal cell
- Retina type 2 cone bipolar cell
- Retina type 3 cone bipolar cell
- Retina type 4 cone bipolar cell
- Retina type 5 cone bipolar cell
- Retina type 6 cone bipolar cell
- Retina type 7 cone bipolar cell
- Retina wide field diffuse amacrine cell
S
- Solitary tract nucleus HSD2 neuron
- Solitary tract nucleus intrinsic cell
- Solitary tract nucleus principal cell
- Spinal cord border cell
- Spinal cord dorsal horn layer III-V interneuron
- Spinal cord dorsal horn layer III-V projection neuron
- Spinal cord dorsal horn marginal neuron
- Spinal cord dorsal horn substantia gelatinosa islet neuron
- Spinal cord dorsal horn substantia gelatinosa vertical neuron
- Spinal cord intermediate horn motor neuron sympathetic
- Spinal cord motor neuron parasympathetic
- Spinal cord proprioception intersegmental cell
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron FRA
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron IA
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron IB
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron II
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron Renshaw
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron V0
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron V1
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron V2
- Spinal cord ventral horn interneuron V3
- Spinal cord ventral horn motor neuron alpha
- Spinal cord ventral horn motor neuron beta
- Spinal cord ventral horn motor neuron gamma
- Spinocerebellar tract cell
- Stomatogastric ganglion anterior burster neuron
- Stomatogastric ganglion lateral gastric neuron
- Stomatogastric ganglion lateral pyloric neuron
- Subiculum pyramidal cell
- Substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic cell
- Substantia nigra pars reticulata interneuron GABA
- Substantia nigra pars reticulata principal cell
- Subthalamic nucleus principal cell
- Superior colliculus type II ganglion cell
- Superior colliculus type III ganglion cell
- Suprachiasmatic nucleus principal neuron
T
- Taste bud type 1 cell
- Taste bud type 2 cell
- Taste bud type 3 cell
- Thalamus geniculate nucleus (lateral) interneuron
- Thalamus geniculate nucleus (lateral) principal neuron
- Thalamus geniculate nucleus (medial) interneuron
- Thalamus geniculate nucleus (medial) principal neuron
- Thalamus medial geniculate nucleus interneuron small
- Thalamus reticular nucleus cell
- Thalamus ventroposterior nucleus interneuron
- Thalamus ventroposterior nucleus principal neuron
- Trapezoid body intrinsic cell
- Trapezoid body medial nucleus principal cell
- Trapezoid body principal cell
- Trigeminal nucleus intrinsic cell
- Trigeminal nucleus motor neuron
- Tuberomammillary nucleus large histamine neuron
- Tuberomammillary nucleus medium histamine neuron
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