Dogiel cells, also known as cells of Dogiel,
are a type of
multipolar neuronal cells within the
prevertebral sympathetic ganglia
The sympathetic ganglia, or paravertebral ganglia, are autonomic ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. Ganglia are 20,000 to 30,000 afferent and efferent nerve cell bodies that run along on either side of the spinal cord. Afferent nerve cel ...
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They are named after the Russian anatomist and physiologist
Alexandre Dogiel (1852–1922). Dogiel cells play a role in the
enteric nervous system
The enteric nervous system (ENS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the others being the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS). It consists of a mesh-like system of neurons th ...
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Types
There are seven types of cells of Dogiel.
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{{Nervous tissue
Sympathetic nervous system
Enteric nervous system