Hilar mossy cells of the dentate gyrus: a historical perspective

The circuitry of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is unique compared to other hippocampal subfields because there are two glutamatergic principal cells instead of one: granule cells, which are the vast majority of the cells in the dentate gyrus, and the so-called ‘mossy cells.’ The distinctive...

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Main Authors: Helen E Scharfman, Catherine E Myers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2012.00106/full