stratum moleculare; plexiform layer; molecular layer

Plexiform layer. A term applied to any layer of brain tissue that contains few nerve-cell bodies & is composed largely of terminal arborizations of dendrites & axons. Notable examples include: 1) the superficial layer of the cerebral cortex (layer I ?) 2) the superficial layer of the cerebellum containing parallel fibers of granule cells & their synapses upon Purkinje cell dendrites 3) the layer of the hippocampus containing distal regions of pyramidal cell apical dendrites. 4) the molecular layer of the retina.

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed. 1976

Component-of

cerebellum cerebral cortex hippocampus (hippocampal formation) retina