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Dentate gyrus granule cell

• ID: nifext_153

• Synonym: DG granule cell

• Modified Date: 2009-03-24

• Created Date: 2007-09-05

• Comment: This class is still under review and requires changes before making it public. For now this is purely for internal Mason cell ontology group only

• Key References: Claiborne et al JCN 1990 (PMID: 2289972) fulltext

• Note: The characteristics provided for this cell class are based on the most abundant data in the field, which are from young adult rats. There could be species-specific, age-specific, and even gender-specific differences. For example, monkey and rat differ in cytoarchitectonic structure and quantitative cell morphology.

• Digital reconstruction example: http://neuromorpho.org/neuroMorpho/neuron_info.jsp?neuron_name=gc

• Soma Location: DG stratum granulosum

• Soma Shape: granule

• Soma Size: Length: 18.6 ± 0.5 µm (Mean ± S.E.M.)

• Soma Orientation: Vertical

• Dendrite Shape: Tufted

• Dendrite Orientation: Vertical

• Dendrite Size: Length: 3,221 ± 78 µm (Mean ± S.E.M.)

• Dendrite Ultrastructure: Spiny

• Dendrite Location: DG stratum moleculare

• Axon Synonym: DG mossy fibers

• Axon Location: DG hilus, CA3 stratum lucidum

• Axon Ultrastructure: mossy boutons, mossy terminals, filopodia, en-passant (Ref: Acsady et al J Neurosci 1998) (PMID: 9547246 )