pyramidal cell

projection neurons in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus
Thing cell_type Q2116409
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pyramidal cell

Summary

pyramidal cell is a cell type[1]. It draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #54 of 335).[2]

Key Facts

  • pyramidal cell's instance of is recorded as cell type[3].
  • pyramidal cell's subclass of is recorded as neuron[4].
  • pyramidal cell's subclass of is recorded as neuron of cerebral cortex[5].
  • pyramidal cell's subclass of is recorded as pyramidal cell[6].
  • pyramidal cell's Commons category is recorded as Pyramidal cell[7].
  • pyramidal cell's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D017966[8].
  • pyramidal cell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y8lb[9].
  • pyramidal cell's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.675.790[10].
  • pyramidal cell's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.671.790[11].
  • pyramidal cell's Interlex ID is recorded as sao862606388[12].
  • pyramidal cell's anatomical location is recorded as cerebral cortex[13].
  • pyramidal cell's activating neurotransmitter is recorded as DL-glutamic acid[14].
  • pyramidal cell's activating neurotransmitter is recorded as γ-aminobutyric acid[15].
  • pyramidal cell's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[16].
  • pyramidal cell's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 84105[17].
  • pyramidal cell's Terminologia Histologica is recorded as H1.00.01.0.00044[18].
  • pyramidal cell's different from is recorded as pyramidal cell[19].
  • pyramidal cell's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0206441[20].
  • pyramidal cell's UMLS CUI is recorded as C2334588[21].
  • pyramidal cell's icon is recorded as Pyramidal Neuron (NIH BioArt 424 - 633920).svg[22].
  • pyramidal cell's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as pyramidal-cells[23].
  • pyramidal cell's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778437258[24].
  • pyramidal cell's Cell Ontology ID is recorded as CL_0000598[25].
  • pyramidal cell's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2778437258[26].

Why It Matters

pyramidal cell draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #54 of 335).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Human cell type diversity, evolution, development, and classification with special reference to cells derived from the neural crest. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . NeuroLex. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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