All Topics

Stellate cell

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Stellate cell

In neuroscience

Neuroscience

Neuroscience is a field devoted to the scientific study of the nervous system. The Society for Neuroscience was founded in 1969, but the study of the brain started a long time ago....
, stellate cells are neurons with several dendrites radiating from the cell body giving them a star shaped appearance. The three most common stellate cells are the inhibitory

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

An inhibitory postsynaptic potential is a synaptic potential that decreases the chance that a future action potential will occur in a postsynaptic neuron or a-motoneuron....
interneurons found within the molecular layer

Cerebellum

The cerebellum is a region of the brain that plays an important role in the integration of perception, coordination and motoneuron control. In order to coordinate motor control, there are many neural pathways linking the cerebellum with the cerebrum motor cortex and the spinocerebellar tract ....
of the cerebellum

Cerebellum

The cerebellum is a region of the brain that plays an important role in the integration of perception, coordination and motoneuron control. In order to coordinate motor control, there are many neural pathways linking the cerebellum with the cerebrum motor cortex and the spinocerebellar tract ....
, excitatory

Excitatory postsynaptic potential

In neuroscience, an excitatory postsynaptic potential is a temporary depolarization of postsynaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell as a result of opening of ligand-sensitive channels....
spiny stellate interneurons and inhibitory

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

An inhibitory postsynaptic potential is a synaptic potential that decreases the chance that a future action potential will occur in a postsynaptic neuron or a-motoneuron....
aspiny stellate interneurons.

Cerebellar stellate cells synapse onto the dendritic

Dendrite

Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or Soma , of the neuron from which the dendrites project....
arbors of Purkinje cell

Purkinje cell

For the cells of the electrical conduction system of the heart, see Purkinje fibersPurkinje cells, or Purkinje neurons, are a class of GABAergic neurons located in the cerebellum....
s.

Cortical spiny stellate cells are found in layer IV. They receive excitatory synaptic fibres from the thalamus and process feed forward excitation to layer IV pyramidal cells.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Stellate cell'

Start a new discussion about 'Stellate cell'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

In neuroscience

Neuroscience

Neuroscience is a field devoted to the scientific study of the nervous system. The Society for Neuroscience was founded in 1969, but the study of the brain started a long time ago....
, stellate cells are neurons with several dendrites radiating from the cell body giving them a star shaped appearance. The three most common stellate cells are the inhibitory

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

An inhibitory postsynaptic potential is a synaptic potential that decreases the chance that a future action potential will occur in a postsynaptic neuron or a-motoneuron....
interneurons found within the molecular layer

Cerebellum

The cerebellum is a region of the brain that plays an important role in the integration of perception, coordination and motoneuron control. In order to coordinate motor control, there are many neural pathways linking the cerebellum with the cerebrum motor cortex and the spinocerebellar tract ....
of the cerebellum

Cerebellum

The cerebellum is a region of the brain that plays an important role in the integration of perception, coordination and motoneuron control. In order to coordinate motor control, there are many neural pathways linking the cerebellum with the cerebrum motor cortex and the spinocerebellar tract ....
, excitatory

Excitatory postsynaptic potential

In neuroscience, an excitatory postsynaptic potential is a temporary depolarization of postsynaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell as a result of opening of ligand-sensitive channels....
spiny stellate interneurons and inhibitory

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

An inhibitory postsynaptic potential is a synaptic potential that decreases the chance that a future action potential will occur in a postsynaptic neuron or a-motoneuron....
aspiny stellate interneurons.

Cerebellar stellate cells synapse onto the dendritic

Dendrite

Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or Soma , of the neuron from which the dendrites project....
arbors of Purkinje cell

Purkinje cell

For the cells of the electrical conduction system of the heart, see Purkinje fibersPurkinje cells, or Purkinje neurons, are a class of GABAergic neurons located in the cerebellum....
s.

Cortical spiny stellate cells are found in layer IV. They receive excitatory synaptic fibres from the thalamus and process feed forward excitation to layer IV pyramidal cells. Cortical Spiny Stellate cells have a 'regular' firing pattern.

See also

Hepatic stellate cell
Hepatic stellate cell

Ito cells, also known as hepatic stellate cells, lipocytes, or fat-storing cells, are pericytes found in the perisinusoidal space of the liver also known as the space of Disse....