piriform cortex
In 3 atlases
Definition
The subdivision of the laminated olfactory cortex with only three main layers that receive monosynaptic input from the olfactory bulb via the lateral olfactory tract; it is located bilaterally in the ventrolateral forebrain and is commonly divided into anterior and posterior regions.
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Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Sub-structures
Neighbouring structures
- amygdalohippocampal area
- amygdaloid complex
- anterior amygdaloid area
- anterior cingulate gyrus
- anterior cortical nucleus
- anterior horn of lateral ventricle
- anterior nuclear complex of thalamus
- anterior olfactory nucleus
- anterior parahippocampal gyrus
- anterior segment of paracentral lobule
- atrium of lateral ventricle
- basal forebrain
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Identifiers
- UBERON
- 0004725
- Wikidata
- Q2019583