Martinotti cell


Mar·ti·not·ti cell

(mahr-tĭ-not'ē), a small multipolar nerve cell with short branching dendrites scattered through various layers of the cerebral cortex; its axon ascends toward the surface of the cortex.

Mar·ti·not·ti cell

(mahr-ti-nawt'tē sel) A small multipolar nerve cell with short branching dendrites scattered through various layers of the cerebral cortex; its axon ascends toward the surface of the cortex.

Martinotti,

Giovanni, Italian physician, 1857-1928. Martinotti cell - a small multipolar nerve cell of the cerebral cortex.