Archicortex 1536235 178067633 2007-12-15T12:51:20Z Lova Falk 3665380 see also paralimbic cortex {{Infobox Brain| Name = Archicortex | Latin = | GraySubject = | GrayPage = | Image = | Caption = | Image2 = | Caption2 = | IsPartOf = | Components = | Artery = | Vein = | BrainInfoType = hier | BrainInfoNumber = 152 | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = a_57 | DorlandsSuf = 12150314 | }} {{Expert-portal|Medicine}} '''Archicortex''' is basically categorized under [[allocortex]]. It is any [[Cerebral cortex|cortex]] with fewer than six areas, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes. It is necessary for [[hippocampus]] formation. The archicortex is a portion of the [[cerebral cortex]] that, with the [[paleocortex]], develops in association with the [[olfaction|olfactory system]], and which is [[phylogenetics|phylogenetically]] older than the [[neopallium|neocortex]] and lacks its layered structure. The embryonic archicortex corresponds to the cortex of the dentate gyrus and hippocampus in mature [[mammal]]s. Being part of the [[limbic system]], it has functions related to [[emotion]]s and formation of memory. Signals being sent from the limbic lobe to the hippocampal formations can go via the archicortex as an intermediate. ==See also== [[Paralimbic cortex]] {{limbic system}} {{Telencephalon}} [[Category:Limbic system]] [[Category:Central nervous system]] {{neuroanatomy-stub}}