pyramidal layer of hippocampus
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Hippocampus anatomy — Human hippocampus. Niss … Wikipedia
Hippocampus — For other uses, see Hippocampus (disambiguation). Brain: Hippocampus The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. In this lateral view of the human brain, the frontal lobe is at le … Wikipedia
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Pyramidal cell — Infobox neuron neuron name = Pyramidal cell image neuron = GolgiStainedPyramidalCell.jpg caption neuron = A human neocortical pyramidal neuron stained via Golgi technique. Notice the apical dendrite extending vertically above the soma and the… … Wikipedia
Mossy fiber (hippocampus) — For the major input axonal pathway bundle to the cerebellum, see Mossy fiber (cerebellum). In the hippocampus, granule cells of the dentate gyrus form distinctive unmyelinated axons that project along the mossy fiber pathway to the CA3 region.… … Wikipedia
stratum lucidum of hippocampus — a clear layer between the stratum pyramidale and stratum radiatum of the hippocampus, containing mossy fibers that contact the proximal dendrites of the pyramidal cells in field CA3; it is not as prominent in humans as in other primates and is… … Medical dictionary
stratum pyramidale hippocampi — [TA] pyramidal layer of hippocampus: a well defined double layer of pyramidal cells in the hippocampus; their dendrites extend from the stratum oriens to the stratum moleculare … Medical dictionary
Cerebral cortex — For other uses, see Cortex (disambiguation). Brain: Cerebral cortex The cerebral cortex is the outer layer depicted in dark violet … Wikipedia
Place cell — Infobox neuron neuron name = Place cell image neuron = Hippocampal pyramidal cell.png caption neuron = A hippocampal pyramidal cell location = Hippocampus function = Spatial memory: fires when animal is in a particular location neurotransmitter … Wikipedia
stratum — One of the layers of differentiated tissue, the aggregate of which forms any given structure, such as the retina or the skin. SEE ALSO: lamina, layer. [L. sterno, pp. stratus, to spread out, strew, ntr. of pp. as noun, s., a bed cover, layer] s.… … Medical dictionary
