internal granular layer of olfactory bulb

internal granular layer of olfactory bulb
the innermost layer of the olfactory bulb, adjacent to the beginning of the olfactory tract; it consists of rows of axons from mitral and tufted cells alternating with rows of cell bodies and dendrites of granule cells.

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