Ectorhinal Area

Hierarchy level in atlas is 7: 6 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: ECT

Abbreviation

ECT

Species

Rat

Description of part

Krieg 1946a,b; Miller and Vogt 1984; see note 32. Burwell (2001) has recognized 5 parts of what is considered here the ectorhinal area (Brodmann’s area 36): the rostral two-thirds or so are divided into dorsal, ventral, and posterior parts of area 36; and the caudal third in divided into dorsal and ventral parts of what is called the postrhinal area.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-2004

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Reference

Author: Swanson L.W.
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. Third Edition
Year: 2004
Pages: 166-179
Edition: third
Publisher: Elsevier