holding cell.

(anatomy) A basophil of the adenohypophysis. / (anatomy) An endocrine cell, located in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, primarily responsible for the storage and release of insulin.

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.

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

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.

(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).

A type of specialized sensory neuron with two extensions.

(broadest sense) any one of the blood cells / (less broad sense) any one of the RBC, platelets, monocytes and PMN cells / (narrowest sense) any one of the granulocytes

granulocyte