Stellate cell
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| Microcircuitry of the cerebellum. Excitatory synapses are denoted by (+) and inhibitory synapses by (-). MF: Mossy fiber. DCN: Deep cerebellar nuclei. IO: Inferior olive. CF: Climbing fiber. GC: Granule cell. PF: Parallel fiber. PC: Purkinje cell. GgC: Golgi cell. SC: Stellate cell. BC: Basket cell. | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_18/12225156 |
In neuroscience, stellate cells are inhibitory interneurons found within the molecular layer of the cerebellum.
These cells synapse onto the dendritic arbors of Purkinje cells.
