Brodmann area 27

Area 27 of Brodmann-1909 is a cytoarchitecturally defined cortical area that is a rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus. It is commonly regarded as a synonym of presubiculum.^[1]

Brodmann area 27
Medial surface of the brain with Brodmann's areas numbered.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	area praesubicularis
NeuroNames	1039
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1758
FMA	68624
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The dorsal part of the presubiculum is more commonly known as the postsubiculum^[2] and is of interest because it contains head direction cells, which are responsive to the facing direction of the head.^[3]

See also

• Brodmann area
• List of regions in the human brain

References

1. Kobayashi, Yasushi (Apr 2017). "[Spatial Cognition and Episodic Memory Formation in the Limbic Cortex]". Brain Nerve. 69 (4): 427–437. doi:10.11477/mf.1416200760. PMID 28424397.
2. Swanson, L. W.; Cowan, W. M. (1977-03-01). "An autoradiographic study of the organization of the efferent connections of the hippocampal formation in the rat". The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 172 (1): 49–84. doi:10.1002/cne.901720104. ISSN 0021-9967. PMID 65364. S2CID 40742028.
3. Taube, J. S.; Muller, R. U.; Ranck, J. B. (1990-02-01). "Head-direction cells recorded from the postsubiculum in freely moving rats. I. Description and quantitative analysis". The Journal of Neuroscience. 10 (2): 420–435. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-02-00420.1990. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6570151. PMID 2303851.

External links

• For Neuroanatomy of this area visit BrainInfo