Talk:Unipolar neuron

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I have extended this article, and am boldly reassessing it for Wikiproject Neuroscience as C class. I don't think it needs more text, but to get a higher rating it needs one or two nice pictures. Looie496 (talk) 00:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Naming conventions
The Unipolar cell article is named Unipolar neuron. The Bipolar neuron article is named Bipolar cell. The Pseudounipolar cell article is named Pseudounipolar neuron. The Multipolar cell article is named Multipolar neuron. The Pyramidal neuron article is named the Pyramidal cell. The granule neuron article is named the Granule cell. The Anterior horn cell article is named Anterior horn (spinal cord). Is it ok to flutter back and forth? SriMesh | talk  01:15, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * "Pyramidal cell" and "granule cell" are much more commonly used than "pyramidal neuron" or "granule neuron", so I don't think those should be changed. (I can't recall ever seeing "granule neuron" used, and I have worked on them.)  Concerning the others, I think it would be good to change "bipolar cell" to "bipolar neuron".  I would worry about changing all of them to "cell" because I don't know whether there might be "unipolar cells" somewhere in the body that don't have anything to do with the nervous system. Looie496 (talk) 00:45, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Unipolar cells in humans?
If the unipolar brush cell is a subtype of unipolar cell, than unipolar cells are not limited to invertebrate, as stated in current article.

So, what is correct? Do humans have 3 or 4 main structural types of neurons (e.g. unipolar AND pseudounipolar)?

direct contradictions in article
article contradicts itself on whether mammal/vertebrate sensory neurons are multipolar, unipolar, etc.

Also, my A&P textbook says that sensory neuron cell bodies are in the posterior root ganglia, which at least as I understand it would be firmly OUTSIDE the CNS (also contradicting the article).

I'm just learning ... hoping an expert can be found to clarify these. 75.174.243.183 (talk) 17:27, 19 June 2023 (UTC)