Any of a group of endocrine cells that share the function of secreting a low-molecular-weight polypeptide hormone.

A kind of retinal ganglion cell that originates in the ganglion cell layer of the retina, and projects to the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus.

plural of midget cell

An inhibitory GABAergic interneuron of the brain, found in the molecular layer of the cerebellum, the hippocampus, and the cerebral cortex.

plural of basket cell

A kind of retinal ganglion cell. Parasol cells project their axons to the magnocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus, where they synapse with magnocellular cells.

plural of parasol cell

plural of place cell

(neuroscience, anatomy) A type of pyramidal neuron within the hippocampus that becomes active when an animal enters a particular place in its environment (known as the place field).

plural of bipolar cell