Pseudo-unipolar neurons of the dorsal root ganglion (200X)

Pseudo-unipolar neurons of the dorsal root ganglion. Image copyright: University of Oslo, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

The neurons comprising the dorsal root ganglion are of the pseudo-unipolar type, meaning they have a cell body (soma) with two branches that act as a single axon, often referred to as a distal process and a proximal process.

Neurons should be easy to spot in this image. The axons (cut longitudinally) form wavy bands of pink threads.

Published August 10th 2022, updated March 2nd 2023.