A cytoarchitectural term denoting the layer of the hippocampus in which pyramidal cells are predominant. Its location is superficial to the Stratum oriens; it is deep to the Stratum radiatum in area CA1 and area CA2 and deep to the Stratum lucidum in area CA3 (Stephan-75) (NeuroNames). [ BIRNLEX:1444 ]
Synonyms: pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus pyramidal layer of hippocampus stratum pyramidale hippocampi stratum pyramidale
Term information
- BTO:0001066
- neuronames:156 (BIRNLEX:1444)
- MA:0000956
- BAMS:Py
- BIRNLEX:1444
- FMA:83895
- EMAPA:35409
pheno_slim
hippocampus pyramidal cell layer
gyrus occipitalis tertius
hippocampal pyramidal layer
hippocampus stratum pyramidale
gyrus occipitalis inferior
hippocampal pyramidal cell layer
Term relations
- layer of hippocampus and deep to some hippocampus stratum lucidum and immediately superficial to some hippocampus stratum oriens
- layer of hippocampus
- deep to some hippocampus stratum lucidum
- composed primarily of some pyramidal neuron
- immediately superficial to some hippocampus stratum oriens
- hippocampal pyramidal neuron
- pyramidal layer of CA3
- pyramidal layer of CA1
- pyramidal layer of CA2
- stratum pyramidale of caudal CA1
- stratum pyramidale of caudal CA2
- stratum pyramidale of caudal CA3
- stratum pyramidale of uncal CA1
- stratum pyramidale of rostral CA1
- stratum pyramidale of rostral CA2
- stratum pyramidale of rostral CA3
- stratum pyramidale of uncal CA2
- stratum pyramidale of uncal CA3