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Piriform cortex
Region of the brain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The piriform cortex, or pyriform cortex, is a region in the brain, part of the rhinencephalon situated in the cerebrum. The function of the piriform cortex relates to the sense of smell.
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Piriform cortex | |
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![]() Piriform cortex from a 14-day-old D2-eGFP (green) mouse stained for enkephalin (red) and DAPI (blue) to show nuclei. Epifluorescence. | |
Human brainstem anterior (piriform cortex not labeled, but most of it is visible near #7) | |
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Latin | cortex piriformis |
MeSH | D066195 |
NeuroNames | 165 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1097 |
FMA | 62484 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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