stellate neuron

Small star-shaped cells in layers 2 & 4 or the cerebral cortex. The stellate cells in layer 2 of the entorhinal cortex are injured early in the course of Alzheimer's disease. Large stellate cells are also found in the deeper part of layer 3 of the visual cortex.

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999