Archicortex

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 423918008

Archicortex

Definition

A portion of the cerebral cortex that, with the paleocortex, develops in association with the olfactory system, and which is phylogenetically older than the neocortex and lacks its layered structure. The embryonic archicortex corresponds to the cortex of the dentate gyrus and hippocampus in mature mammals. Being part of the limbic system, it has functions related to emotions and formation of memory. Signals being sent from the limbic lobe to the hippocampal formations can go via the archicortex as an intermediate.

Also known as archipallium — per UBERON

The Archicortex is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as