Term: Ectorhinal area

Definition: 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.

Nomenclature: Swanson-2004