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thumb|right|A dorsal root ganglion (DRG) from a chicken embryo (around stage of day 7) after incubation overnight in NGF growth medium stained with anti-neurofilament antibody. Note the axons growing out of the ganglion.

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A ganglion is a cluster of nerve cells that processes and transmits signals in the nervous system, as shown in this image of a developing dorsal root ganglion from a chicken embryo. Ganglions are important because they serve as relay stations where sensory and other neural information is collected and sent to the brain and spinal cord.

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name
Ganglion
Anatomy.Latin
ganglion
Anatomy.Image
Ganglion high mag.jpg
Anatomy.Caption
Micrograph of a ganglion. H&E stain.
Anatomy.System
Nervous system

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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Structure
  • Basal ganglia
  • Pseudoganglion
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|A dorsal root ganglion (DRG) from a chicken embryo (around stage of day 7) after incubation overnight in NGF growth medium stained with anti-neurofilament antibody. Note the axons growing out of the ganglion.

A ganglion (: ganglia) is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. In the somatic nervous system, this includes dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal ganglia among a few others. In the autonomic nervous system, there are both sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia which contain the cell bodies of postganglionic sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons respectively.

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