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molecular layer of cerebellar cortex

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The molecular layer is the outermost layer of the cerebellar cortex. It contains the parallel fibers of the granule cells, interneurons such as stellate and basket cells, and the dendrites of the underlying Purkinje cells. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021679 ]

Synonyms: cerebellum molecular layer, stratum moleculare corticis cerebelli, cerebellar molecular layer, cerebellum molecular cell layer

Term info

database cross reference
  • neuronames:366 (BIRNLEX:810)
  • FMA:83897
  • BAMS:thf
  • SCTID:369045002
  • EMAPA:35221
  • UMLS:C1289474 (BIRNLEX:810)
  • UMLS:C1709064 (ncithesaurus:Molecular_Layer_of_the_Cerebellum)
  • UMLS:C0228469 (BIRNLEX:810)
  • NCIT:C49139
  • BIRNLEX:810
  • MA:0000996
  • MBA:1144
  • CALOHA:TS-1248
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UBPROP 0000008

Compare with ZFA:0000636 - cerebellar crest, which is also composed of parallel fibers but located in a more restricted nucleus within the cerebellum

editor note

revisit logical definition after using brain layer patterns

has related synonym

thalamic fiber tracts, fasciculi thalami

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UBERON:0002974

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Molecular layer of cerebellar cortex, molecular layer of cerebellar cortex