hippocampus molecular layer
The most superficial stratum in the hippocampus. Here the perforant path fibers form synapses onto the distal, apical dendrites of pyramidal cells. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_anatomy#Hippocampal_cells_and_layers https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1224 ]
Synonyms: hippocampus stratum moleculare, molecular layer of hippocampus, hippocampal molecular layer
Term info
- EMAPA:35408
- BIRNLEX:1211
- MA:0000955
- neuronames:1742
pheno_slim
uberon
UBERON:0005368
Term relations
- layer of hippocampus and part of some hippocampus stratum lacunosum moleculare and immediately superficial to some hippocampus stratum lacunosum