molecular layer of cerebellar cortex

mo·lec·u·lar lay·er of cerebellar cortex

[TA] the outer lamina of the cortex, containing the cell bodies (unless the Purkinje cell layer is designated as a separate layer) and dendrites of Purkinje cells; the axons of the granule cells; the cell bodies, dendrites, and axons of basket cells and stellate cells; and the dendrites of Golgi cells plus cerebellar glial cells. Synonym(s): stratum moleculare corticis cerebelli [TA], molecular layer of cerebellum