paleocortex /pa·leo·cor·tex/ (-kor´teks) [paleo- +cortex ] that portion of the cerebral cortex that, with the archicortex, develops in association with the olfactory system and is phylogenetically older and less stratified than the neocortex. It is composed chiefly of the piriform cortex and the parahippocampal gyrus. Spelled also palaeocortex .paleocor´tical
paleocortex
pa·le·o·cor·tex (p  l - -kôr t ks)n. The phylogenetically oldest part of the cortical mantle of the cerebral hemisphere, represented by the olfactory cortex. |
paleocortex
[-kôr′teks]
the phylogenetically oldest part of the cerebral cortex, particularly the olfactory bulb.
paleocortex
paleopallium.
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