allocortex /al·lo·cor·tex/ (-kor´teks) the older, original part of the cerebral cortex, comprising the archicortex and the paleocortex.
al·lo·cor·tex ( l  -kôr t ks)n. Any of the regions of the cerebral cortex that have fewer cell layers than the isocortex, especially the olfactory cortex and the hippocampus. Also called heterotypic cortex. |
allocortex
the phylogenetically older part of the cerebral cortex and includes the cortex of the paleopallium and the archipallium. The newer part of the cortex is the neocortex or isocortex.
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