Anatomy
entorhinal cortex
Subclass of:
Parahippocampal Gyrus; Olfactory Cortex
Definitions related to entorhinal cortex:
  • A brain region in the medial temporal lobe near the hippocampus.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Brodmann's area 28; major gateway for neocortical input to the hippocampus; origin of the perforant pathway; a component of the medial temporal lobe memory system.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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