allocortex

Term ID

UBERON:0014734

Synonyms

• allocortex (Stephan)
• heterogenetic cortex
• heterogenetic formations
• intercalated nucleus of the medulla
• nucleus intercalatus (staderini)
• transitional cortex

Definition

One of two types of cerebral cortex defined on the basis of cytoarchitecture and fetal development. The other is neocortex. Allocortex does not pass through a prenatal phase of six-layered structure and has three or four layers in the mature brain ( Schiebler-1999 ). Allocortex has three subtypes: paleocortex, archicortex and periallocortex. This definition differs from that in some older sources, which excluded the olfactory bulb and the accessory olfactory bulb ( Carpenter-1983 ).

References

• BAMS:All
• DHBA:10292
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=759
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocortex
• nlx:143557

Ontology

Uberon Ontology