basket cells

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• basket cells — Cerebellar neurons with many small dendritic branches that enclose the cell bodies of adjacent Purkinje cells in a basket like array …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• Basket cell — 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… …   Wikipedia

• basket cell — noun : any of the cells in the molecular layer of the cerebellum whose axis cylinder processes pass inward and end in a basketlike network around the cells of Purkinje * * * basket cell, one of a layer of tiny, star shaped cells in the cerebellum …   Useful english dictionary

• basket — 1. A basketlike arborization of the axon of cells in the cerebellar cortex, surrounding the cell body of Purkinje cells. 2. Any basketlike device or structure. [M.E., from Celtic] fibrillar baskets the scleral end of …   Medical dictionary

• basket cell — bas·ket cell bas kət n any of the cells in the molecular layer of the cerebellum whose axons pass inward and end in a basketlike network around the Purkinje cells * * * 1. a cell of the cerebellar cortex whose axon gives off brushes of fibrils,… …   Medical dictionary

• Venus' Flower Basket — Taxobox name = Venus Flower Basket image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Porifera classis = Hexactenellida familia = Euplectellidae genus = Euplectella species = E. aspergillum binomial = Euplectella aspergillum binomial authority = Owen …   Wikipedia

• Venus's flower basket — a glass sponge of the genus Euplectella, inhabiting deep waters off the Philippines and Japan, having a cylindrical skeleton formed of an intricate latticework of siliceous spicules. [1870 75] * * * ▪ sponge       any of several sponges of the… …   Universalium

• myoepithelial cells — modified smooth muscle cells, contractile in nature, believed to be of ectodermal origin, located around the secretory units of certain glands (salivary, mammary, sweat, and lacrimal glands) between the gland cells and basement membrane, having… …   Medical dictionary

• Sieve cells — Sieve Sieve, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. {Sift}.] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cerebellum — This article is about the smaller region in the lower part of the brain. For the large region of the brain, see Cerebrum. Brain: Cerebellum A human brain, with the cerebellum colored in purple …   Wikipedia

• Anatomy of the cerebellum — This article gives a detailed description of the anatomy of the cerebellum. The structure of the cerebellum can be viewed at three levels. At the level of large scale anatomy, the cerebellum consists of a tightly folded and crumpled layer of… …   Wikipedia