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. (1984). "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. PMID 6478206.

Microanatomy

Olfactory nerve

Brain areas involved in smell

Primary olfactory cortex

Lateral olfactory stria

1	Piriform cortex EC-hippocampus system Entorhinal cortex Hippocampal formation Prepyriform area Periamygdaloid cortex
2	Stria medullaris → Habenular nuclei
3	Amygdala → Stria terminalis → Hypothalamus
4	Medial forebrain bundle → Hypothalamus

Medial olfactory stria

Anterior olfactory nucleus

General

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