- Archicortex
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DorlandsSuf = 12150314Archicortex is basically categorized under
allocortex . It is any cortex with fewer than six areas, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes. It is necessary forhippocampus formation.The archicortex is a portion of the
cerebral cortex that, with thepaleocortex , 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 maturemammal s. Being part of thelimbic system , it has functions related toemotion s and formation of memory. Signals being sent from the limbic lobe to the hippocampal formations can go via the archicortex as an intermediate.ee also
Paralimbic cortex
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