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... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Limbic Lobe > Parahippocampal Gyrus > Entorhinal Cortex
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Cerebral Cortex > Limbic Lobe > Parahippocampal Gyrus > Entorhinal Cortex
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Cerebral Cortex > Sensorimotor Cortex > Olfactory Cortex > Entorhinal Cortex

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Entorhinal Cortex  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Area, Entorhinal
  • Area Entorhinalis
  • Cortex, Secondary Olfactory
  • Entorhinal Area
  • Entorhinal Areas
  • Entorhinal Cortices
  • Olfactory Cortex, Secondary
  • Secondary Olfactory Cortex
  • Secondary Olfactory Cortices

Scope note

  • Cerebral cortex region on the medial aspect of the PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS, immediately caudal to the OLFACTORY CORTEX of the uncus. The entorhinal cortex is the origin of the major neural fiber system afferent to the HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION, the so-called PERFORANT PATHWAY.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018728

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