Term: Olfactory areas

Definition: Defined here as regions of the cortical mantle that receive a direct input from the olfactory nerve (primary olfactory cortex; see Brodmann 1909), or from the main and accessory olfactory bulbs (see Price 1987). The latter also includes superficial regions of the amygdala (the NLOT, COA, PAA, and TR), and it is important to point out that the entorhinal area of the hippocampal formation also receives direct olfactory input (Kosel et al. 1981), although it receives many other types of sensory information and thus not usually included in the olfactory region.

Nomenclature: Swanson-2004

Parents Relation type
Cerebral cortex, layers1-6a [cortical plate] is part
Related concepts Relation type
Main olfactory bulb has part
Accessory olfactory bulb has part
Anterior olfactory nucleus has part
Taenia tecta has part
Piriform area has part
Postpiriform transition area has part
Piriform-amygdaloid area has part
Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract has part
Cortical nucleus of the amygdala has part