molecular layer of the dentate gyrus

molecular layer of the dentate gyrus (DNGmo)

The term molecular layer of the dentate gyrus refers to the most superficial of three subdivisions of the fascia dentata of the dentate gyrus based on cytoarchitecture. The deeper subdivisions are the granular layer of the dentate gyrus and the polymorphic layer of the dentate gyrus. It is found in the human ( Insausti-2012 ), macaque ( Petrides-2009 ), rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and mouse ( Hof-2000 ). In the rat and mouse, unlike the primates, the fascia dentata has three parts: the crest of the dentate gyrus, the medial blade of the dentate gyrus and the lateral blade of the dentate gyrus.. Each has a molecular layer that is continuous with that of the others ( Swanson-2004 Hoff-2000 ). Updated 30 May 2024.

Also known as: molecular layer of dentate gyrus, molecular layer of the dentate gyrus, Stratum moleculare, dentate gyrus, molecular layer

NeuroNames ID: 2121

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Name:

molecular layer of dentate gyrus

Language:

English

Organism:

human

Source:

Amaral-1990

Citation:

Chapter 21, pp. 711-756 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos (ed.), Academic Press, San Diego, 1990

Source Title:

Hippocampal Formation

Name:

molecular layer of the dentate gyrus

Language:

English

Organism:

Macaca mulatta

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Carpenter-1983

Citation:

Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983

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Human Neuroanatomy

Name:

Mol

Language:

acronym

Organism:

mouse

Source:

Paxinos-2001

Citation:

Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 2001

Source Title:

The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

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Stratum moleculare

Language:

Latin

Organism:

human

Source:

Schiebler-1999

Citation:

Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999.

Source Title:

Anatomie

Name:

strato molecolare

Language:

Italian

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1995

Citation:

EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995

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Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia

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DGml

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acronym

Organism:

macaque

Source:

Dubach-2008

Citation:

http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/TemplateNeuroMaps.aspx

Source Title:

NeuroMaps - Macaque Brain Atlas

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DGcr-mo

Language:

acronym

Organism:

rat

Source:

Swanson-2004

Citation:

Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004

Source Title:

Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain.

Name:

Mol

Language:

acronym

Organism:

Macaca mulatta

Source:

Paxinos-2009a

Citation:

Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press. 2009

Source Title:

The Rhesus Monkey Brain, Second Edition

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Language:

acronym

Organism:

mouse

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Hof-2000

Citation:

Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000

Source Title:

Comparative Cytoarchitectonic Atlas of the C57BL/6 and 129/Sv Mouse Brains

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dentate gyrus, molecular layer

Language:

English

Organism:

rat

Source:

Swanson-2004

Citation:

Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004

Source Title:

Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain.

Name:

DNGmo

Language:

acronym

Organism:

Unspecified

Source:

NeuroNames

Citation:

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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NeuroNames

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Macaca mulatta

Species With The Structure

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Internal Structure

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Yes

Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

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molecular layer of dentate gyrus

Source:

Amaral-1990

Basis:

Internal Structure

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

Their Name:

Stratum moleculare

Source:

Schiebler-1999

Basis:

Internal Structure

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Macaca mulatta (Macaca mulatta)

Their Name:

molecular layer of the dentate gyrus

Source:

Carpenter-1983

Models Where It Appears

Structural CNS Model - Macaque

Brain structures of the macaque are illustrated in BrainInfo’s NeuroMaps macaque brain atlas. Structures are grouped by proximity in a hierarchy corresponding to the central nervous system hierarchy of NeuroNames ( Bowden-1995 Martin-2000 ). Structures in the NeuroMaps atlas are based on the segmentation of an MRI of the brain of a 3-year old male rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). The atlas is most useful for targeting structures for implantating electrodes and chemtrodes. Updated 29 Oct 2025.

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