A type of apparently axonless granule cell in the cat auditory cortex.
In the auditory areas (A I, A II and the posterior ectosylvian gyrus) of the cat, unusually small granule cells apparently lacking an axon are described. They are exclusively located in layer 2/3 and sometimes impregnate in groups of 4 or 5, being probably quite frequent. Some morphological differences between granule cells of young and adult cats are noted.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000166:cytology*; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology