Periglomerular cell

Periglomerular cells mediate lateral inhibition in the olfactory system together with granule cells. They have inhibitory synapses on mitral cells and tufted cells.^[1]

References

↑ Martinez, Diane P.; Freeman, Walter J. "Periglomerular cell action on mitral cells in olfactory bulb shown by current source density analysis". Brain Research. 308 (2): 223–233. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(84)91061-8.

Anatomy of smell

Microanatomy

Piriform cortex EC-hippocampus system Entorhinal cortex Hippocampal formation Prepyriform area Periamygdaloid cortex

Stria medullaris → Habenular nuclei

Amygdala → Stria terminalis → Hypothalamus

Medial forebrain bundle → Hypothalamus

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