Olfactory bulb mitral cell

Olfactory bulb mitral cell
Neuron: Mitral Cell
Mitral Cell - Coronal section of olfactory bulb.
Coronal section of olfactory bulb.
Mitral Cell - Plan of olfactory neurons.
Plan of olfactory neurons.
Gray's subject #189 848
NeuroLex ID nifext_120
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Mitral cells are neurons that are part of the olfactory system. They are located in the olfactory bulb in the mammalian central nervous system. They receive information from the axons of olfactory receptor neurons, forming synapses in neuropils called glomeruli. Axons of the mitral cells transfer information to a number of areas in the brain, including the piriform cortex, entorhinal cortex, and amygdala.

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v · d · eSensory system: Olfactory system / Olfaction / Rhinencephalon (TA 15.1, GA 10.992)
Olfactory epithelium
Olfactory glands · Olfactory mucosa · Sustentacular cell
Olfactory nerve: 1° neuron
Olfactory nerve: 2° neuron
Lateral olfactory stria/
Primary olfactory cortex

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
Medial olfactory stria

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