cerebellar Golgi cell

Term ID

CL:0000119

Synonyms

• cerebellar Golgi neuron
• cerebellum Golgi cell
• Golgi cell
• Golgi neuron

Definition

Large intrinsic neuron located in the granule layer of the cerebellar cortex that extends its dendrites into the molecular layer where they receive contact from parallel fibers. The axon of the Golgi cell enters ramifies densely in the granule layer and enters into a complex arrangement with mossy fiber terminals and granule cell dendrites to form the cerebellar glomerulus. Llinas, Walton and Lang. In The Synaptic Organization of the Brain. 5th ed. 2004.

References

Ontology

Cell Ontology