| Perirhinal cortex | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Part of | Cerebral cortex |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | area perirhinalis |
| MeSH | D000071039 |
| NeuroNames | 2425 |
| NeuroLex ID | nlx_anat_1005006 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The perirhinal cortex is a cortical region in the medial temporal lobe that is made up of Brodmann areas 35 and 36. It receives highly processed sensory information from all sensory regions, and is generally accepted to be an important region for memory. It is bordered caudally by postrhinal cortex or parahippocampal cortex (homologous regions in rodents and primates, respectively) and ventrally and medially by entorhinal cortex.