"Dentate Gyrus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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GRAY MATTER situated above the GYRUS HIPPOCAMPI. It is composed of three layers. The molecular layer is continuous with the HIPPOCAMPUS in the hippocampal fissure. The granular layer consists of closely arranged spherical or oval neurons, called GRANULE CELLS, whose AXONS pass through the polymorphic layer ending on the DENDRITES of PYRAMIDAL CELLS in the hippocampus.
| Descriptor ID |
D018891
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.464.405.200 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.345.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Dentate Gyrus- Dentate Gyrus
- Gyrus, Dentate
- Gyrus Dentatus
- Fascia Dentata
- Dentata, Fascia
- Area Dentata
- Area Dentatas
- Dentata, Area
- Dentatas, Area
- Dentate Fascia
- Fascia, Dentate
CA4 Region, Hippocampal- CA4 Region, Hippocampal
- Hippocampal CA4 Region
- Region, Hippocampal CA4
- CA4 of Lorente de No
- Cornu Ammonis 4 Area
- Hippocampal Sector CA4
- CA4, Hippocampal Sector
- Sector CA4, Hippocampal
- Hilus of Dentate Gyrus
- Hilus of the Fascia Dentata
- Hippocampal CA4 Field
- CA4 Field, Hippocampal
- Field, Hippocampal CA4
- CA4 Field of Hippocampal Formation
- Hilus Gyri Dentati
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