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Preferred term

Piriform Cortex  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Area, Piriform
  • Area, Prepyriform
  • Area, Pyriform
  • Cortex Piriformis
  • Cortex, Prepiriform
  • Cortex, Prepyriform
  • Cortex, Pyriform
  • Piriform Area
  • Piriform Areas
  • Prepiriform Cortex
  • Prepiriform Cortices
  • Prepyriform Area
  • Prepyriform Areas
  • Prepyriform Cortex
  • Prepyriform Cortices
  • Prepyriform Region
  • Prepyriform Regions
  • Pyriform Area
  • Pyriform Areas
  • Pyriform Cortex
  • Pyriform Cortices
  • Region, Prepyriform

Scope note

  • An area of the olfactory cortex comprising the rostral half of the uncus of the PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS and the anterior PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS. It receives major afferents directly from the OLFACTORY BULB.

History note

  • 2015

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D066195

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