Brodmann area 14
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'''Brodmann's Area 14''' is one of [[Brodmann area|Brodmann's]] subdivisions of the [[cerebral cortex]] in the [[brain]]. It was defined by [[Korbinian Brodmann|Brodmann]] in the [[guenon]] monkey. No equivalent structure exists in [[humans]].
==Anatomy==
Area 14 is located in the [[insular cortex]] and is not normally visible on the brain's surface. It is hidden at the bottom of the [[Lateral sulcus|Sylvian fissure]] between the [[frontal lobe|frontal]] and [[parietal lobe|parietal]] lobes.
Brodmann's areas were defined based on [[cytoarchitecture]] rather than function. Area 14 differs most clearly from [[Brodmann area 13]]-1905 in that it lacks a distinct internal [[granular layer]] (IV). Other differences are a less distinct external granular layer (II), a widening of the relatively cell-free zone of the external [[pyramidal layer]] (III); cells in the internal pyramidal layer (V) are denser and rounded; and the cells of the [[multiform layer]] (VI) assume a more distinct tangential orientation
==Function==
Area 14 is believed to serve as association cortex for the [[visceral]] senses and [[olfaction]] along with Area 13. They also serve to aggregate [[autonomic]] information.
==See also==
* [[Brodmann area]]
* [[List of regions in the human brain]]
==External links==
* [http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/ancilcentraldirectory.aspx?ID=-2049637081 For internal structures and additional information on area 14 see BrainInfo]
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