Brodmann area 27

Brodmann area 27

Medial surface of the brain with Brodmann's areas numbered.
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Latin Area praesubicularis
NeuroLex ID Brodmann area 27
FMA 68624

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Area 27 of Brodmann-1909 is a cytoarchitecturally defined cortical area that is a rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus of the guenon (Brodmann-1909). It is commonly regarded as a synonym of presubiculum (Crosby-62).

The dorsal part of the presubiculum is more commonly known as the postsubiculum[1] and is of interest because it contains head direction cells, which are responsive to the facing direction of the head.[2]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 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: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 10 (2): 420–435. ISSN 0270-6474. PMID 2303851.


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