Category:Dentate gyrus granule cell

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Name: Dentate gyrus granule cell
Definition: The dentate gyrus granule cell is the only principal cell of the dentate gyrus.
Synonym(s): Dentate gyrus granule neuron, Granule cell of dentate gyrus, Dentate granule cell
Has role: Principal neuron role
Super-category: Neuron
Defining citation: The hippocampus book By Per Andersen, Richard Morris, David Amaral, John O'Keefe
PMID: PMID 17765709
Id: nifext_153
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Cell Soma Shape: Elliptical
Cell Soma Size width of approximately 10 μm and a height of 18 μm
Soma Location: Dentate gyrus
Dendrite location: Dentate gyrus molecular layer
Spine density on dendrites: Spiny Dendrite Quality
Location of axon arborization: CA3
Cellular synaptic target Hippocampus CA3 pyramidal cell
Neurotransmitter Glutamate

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