[Morphological organization of large Golgi neurons in the Pholidapus dybowskii cerebellum]

Type II large Golgi neurons (LGN) were studied in the cerebellum of Pholidapus dybowskii by silver impregnation technique. In the cerebellum LGN were revealed in three areas: the boundary zone between molecular and granular layers, lateral granular eminentia and granular layer. In the boundary zone, a horizontal orientation (along Purkinje cells layer) of LGN dendrites prevailed over a vertical one (in the direction from the granular layer to molecular one). In the granular eminentia, LGN dendrites exhibited a radial pattern without a pronounced asymmetry. In this zone, LGN were characterized with a higher number of primary dendrites compared to those of other zones. No LGN possessing more than one axon were found. In LGN of the boundary zone, axons oriented from either axonal hillock or proximal portions of large dendrites, the latter mode only occurring in LGN of the other ones.