Hippocampal neuron Fluorescent micrograph of a neuron nerve cell centre from the hippocampus surrounded by glial cells support cells Spectrin a cytoskeleton protein that lines the intracellular side of plasma membranes is red Tubulin another cytoskeleton protein is green The cytoskeleton is responsible for intracellular transport structure and motility of the cell as well as segregating the chromosomes during nuclear division The hippocampus is the part of the brain responsible for longterm memory
