has soma location hippocampal granule cell dentate gyrus granule cell 2015-02-23T05:48:23Z CL:2000089 A granule cell that has soma location in the dentate gyrus cell layer of the hippocampal formation and has an elliptical cell body and characteristic cone-shaped tree of spiny apical dendrites. The branches extend throughout the molecular layer and the distal tips of the dendritic tree end just at the hippocampal fissure or at the ventricular surface. The dentate gyrus granule cell is the principal cell type of the dentate gyrus. dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell As far as can be determined, all dentate granule cells appear to project to CA3 and the axon trajectory is partially correlated with the position of the parent cell body. dentate gyrus neuron dentate gyrus granule cell layer