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Neocortex vs Allocortex - What's the difference?

neocortex | allocortex |

As nouns the difference between neocortex and allocortex

is that neocortex is the top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of cerebral cortex while allocortex is the heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six).

neocortex

English

(wikipedia neocortex)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (neuroanatomy) The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of cerebral cortex.

    • Related terms

    *neocortical

    allocortex

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia allocortex)
  • (anatomy) The heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six).