Sometimes called small granule cells, they are interneurons in the cerebellar cortex with multiple processes that synapse on the dendrites of Purkinje cells who action they inhibit through the release of GABA, and which in turn are excited by granule cells. Like other cells in the cerebellum, they are also found in the cerebral cortex. They are particularly abundant in the somatosensory cortex, and are present in the primary visual and auditory cortices. Their name comes from the fact that they have a symmetrical shape, with nerve processes radiating in close proximity to the cell body.
See Basket cells, Cerebellar cortex, Cerebellum (anatomy), Gamma amionobutryic acid (GABA), Granular layer, Granule cells, Molecular layer, Parallel cells, Purkinje cells, Somatosensory cortex