Stellate cell

In neuroscience, stellate cells are neurons with several dendrites radiating from the cell body giving them a star shapped appearance. The three most common stellate cells are the inhibitory interneurons found within the molecular layer of the cerebellum,   excitatory  spiny stellate interneurons and  inhibitory aspiny stellate interneurons.

Cerebellar stellate cells synapse onto the dendritic arbors of Purkinje cells.

Cortical spiny stellate cells are found in layer IV. They receive excitatory synaptic fibres from the thalamus and process feed forward excitation to layer IV pyramidal cells. Cortical Spiny Stellate cells have a 'regular' firing pattern.