The name granule cell has been used for a number of different types of neurons whose only common feature is that they all have very small cell bodies. Granule cells are found within the granular layer
Drawing of Purkinje cells (A) and granule cells (B) from pigeon cerebellum by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1899. Instituto Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell, is a cell that is excitable, firing electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system, mainly in the central nervous system, and
Golgi-stained neurons in human hippocampal tissue
Synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitters
A signal propagating down an axon to the cell body and dendrites of the next cell
Drawing by Camillo Golgi of a hippocampus stained using the silver nitrate method