hippocampal afferents, cortical

Introduction

Projections into the hippocampal formation from the cerebral cortex, terminate in the entorhinal cortex & subiculum.

Afferents

• perirhinal cortex (areas 35 & 36)
• parahippocampal gyrus (areas TF & TH)
• cingulate cortex
• piriform cortex
• insular cortex
• orbitofrontal cortex
• superior temporal gyrus

More general terms

• hippocampal afferents

More specific terms

• cingulate gyrus; gyrus cinguli; cingulate cortex
• insula or insular cortex (island of Reil)
• parahippocampal gyrus (hippocampal gyrus)
• superior temporal gyrus