Basket cell 2206053 221925043 2008-06-26T18:36:43Z 213.140.6.99 dead link {{Infobox_neuron |neuron_name = Basket cell |image_neuron = Gray706.png |caption_neuron = Transverse section of a cerebellar folium (Basket cell labeled at bottom left) |location = [[Cerebellum]] |function = Inhibitory interneuron |neurotranmitter = [[GABA]] |morphology = multipolar |afferents = [[Parallel fiber]]s |efferents = [[Purkinje cells]] }} '''Basket cells''' are inhibitory [[GABA|GABAergic]] [[interneurons]] found in several brain regions: the [[Cerebellum#Molecular_layer|molecular layer]] of the [[cerebellum]], the [[hippocampus]], and the [[cerebral cortex|cortex]]. In the cerebellum, they synapse on the [[cell body|cell bodies]] of [[Purkinje cell]]s, and are multipolar and stellate, with freely branching [[dendrite]]s, which are dilated and knotty. Hippocampal basket cells target [[soma]]ta and proximal [[dendrite]]s of [[pyramidal neuron]]s. Cortical and hippocampal basket cells are [[parvalbumin]]-expressing and fast-[[action potential|spiking]]. [[Image:CerebCircuit.png|thumb|230px|right|Microcircuitry of the cerebellum. [[Excitatory synapses]] are denoted by (+) and [[inhibitory synapses]] by (-).<BR>Basket cell labeled ''BC'']] ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|Basket+cell}} ==References== <references/> {{neuroanatomy-stub}} {{Cerebellum}} [[Category:CNS neurons]] [[ja:籠細胞]] [[ru:Корзинчатый нейрон]]