Aggregate brain region defined as those areas of cerebral cortex receiving direct synaptic input from the olfactory bulb (Price, 1973). It usually includes the piriform cortex and sometimes other areas. [ BIRNLEX:2707 ]
Term information
- BTO:0001446
- EHDAA:5482
- MA:0000193
- EHDAA2:0001289
- UMLS:C0162434 (BIRNLEX:2707)
- BIRNLEX:2707
- FMA:276600
- VHOG:0000325
- MESH:D066194
- neuronames:2275
- BAMS:OLF
- EMAPA:17779
- HBA:265504406
- Wikipedia:Olfactory_cortex
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The olfactory cortex is involved in the perception of smell. It receives input from the olfactory bulb and is responsible for the identification of odors[GO][GO:0021989].
That portion of the cerebral cortex that, with the palaeocortex, develops in association with the olfactory system, and which is phylogenetically older than the neocortex and lacks its layered structure. The embryonic archaeocortex corresponds to the cortex of the dentate gyrus and hippocampus in mature mammals[BTO:0001446].
(In mammals) Odorant detection is mediated by millions of olfactory sensory neurons located in the olfactory epithelium lining the nasal cavity. These neurons transmit sensory signals to the olfactory bulb of the brain, which in turn sends signals to the olfactory cortex.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- regional part of brain
- part of some cerebral cortex
- part of some olfactory lobe
- contributes to morphology of some olfactory lobe