{"term":{"id":"12037","title":"pyramidal cell","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - pyramidal cell","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.12037","code":"12037","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Large neuron of the cerebral cortex having a triangular cell body in histological section with several dendrites at the base and one large apical axon.","notes":{"1":"Pyramidal cells are also found in other brain areas such as the hippocampus.","2":"They are thought to play a role in cognitive function."},"links":[{"term":"axon","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11627"},{"term":"brain","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11647"},{"term":"cognitive function","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11684"}],"sources":["PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 900 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-0103)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/12037\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/12037\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/12037\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'pyramidal cell' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.12037","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-05-10T15:23:32+00:00"}}