Lugaro cell

Several other neuronal cell types have been identified in the cerebellar cortex. The Lugaro cell is a relatively rare fusiform neuron, located just below the Purkinje eell layer (Lugaro, 1894 Fox, 1959 Palay and Chan-Palay, 1974). Its dendrites streteh out along the boundary of the granular and the Purkinje cell layer, the destination of its axon is not known. Lugaro cells can be discriminated from Golgi cells immunocytochemically with specific antibodies (Section 3.6.2., Fig. 67). 

Fig. 47. Sagittal sections of the rat cerebellar cortex immuno-labelled with antibodies to GluRl (a), GluR2/3 (b,e), and GluR4 (c,d). As, astrocyte-like cells BG, Bergmann glial processes Go, Golgi cell Gr, granular layer L, Lugaro cell Mo, molecular layer Pj, Purkinje cell body WM, white matter small arrow, Purkinje cell dendrite asterisks, Bergmann glial cell body arrow head, basket/ stellate cell. Petralia and Wenthold (1992).

Sahin M, Hockfield S (1990) Molecular identification of the lugaro cell in the cat cerebellar cortex. J. Comp. Neurol, 301, 575-584. 

Fox CA (1959) The intermediate cells of Lugaro in the cerebellar cortex of monkey. J. Comp. Neurol, 112, 39-51. 

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