| Term Name: | hippocampal mossy fiber |
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| Definition: | An axon of a hippocampal granule cell, including dentate gyrus granule cell and CA3 granule cell, characterized by expansions (mossy fiber expansions) giving the fibers a mossy appearance. These unmyelinated axons were first described by Ramon y Cajal. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0097457] QuickGO AmiGO |