Basket cell

Basket cell
Transverse section of a cerebellar folium (Basket cell labeled at bottom left)
Details
LocationCerebellum
Shapemultipolar
FunctionInhibitory interneuron
NeurotransmitterGABA
Presynaptic connectionsParallel fibers
Postsynaptic connectionsPurkinje cells
Identifiers
NeuroLex IDnifext_160
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Basket cells are inhibitory GABAergic interneurons of the brain, found throughout different regions of the cortex and cerebellum.

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