hippocampus stratum lacunosum
A thin stratum in the hippocampus that is immediately deep to the molecular layer, and is superficial to the stratum radiatum. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1224 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_anatomy#Hippocampal_cells_and_layers ]
Synonyms: lacunar layer of hippocampus
Term info
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Like the SR, contains Schaffer collateral fibers, but it also contains perforant path fibers from the superficial layers of entorhinal cortex
Due to its small size, it is often grouped together with stratum moleculare into a single stratum called stratum lacunosum-moleculare[WP]
uberon
UBERON:0005370
Term relations
- layer of hippocampus and part of some hippocampus stratum lacunosum moleculare and immediately deep to some hippocampus molecular layer and immediately superficial to some hippocampus stratum radiatum