A basal dendrite is a dendrite that emerges from the base of a pyramidal cell. The term Dendrite stems from the Greek word dendron (literally “tree”), and typically refers to the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrical stimulation received from other cells to and from the cell body, or soma of the neuron from which the dendrites project. ... A pyramidal cell is a multipolar neuron located in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex. ...