pre-alpha layer

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Introduction

In reference to layer 2 of the entorhinal cortex. This layer contains stellate neurons particularly prone to develop neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease.

See entorhinal cortex

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References

  1. Braak H, Braak E. On areas of transition between entorhinal allocortex and temporal isocortex in the human brain. Normal morphology and lamina-specific pathology in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 1985;68(4):325-32. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4090943