periamygdalar cortex
Acronym: COA
The term periamygdalar cortex (PAC) refers to the greater part of cerebral cortex covering the amygdala on the mesial surface of the anterior parahippocampal gyrus (PHGa) of the limbic lobe of the human (Mai-1987) and macaque ( Amaral-1992 ) and on the ventromesial surface of the cerebral hemisphere (CHS) in the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and mouse ( AMBA-2024 ).
      In the human and macaque It is surrounded by the piriform cortex (PIR) rostrally, the medial amygdalar nucleus (MEA) dorsally and the entorhinal cortex (ENT) ventrolaterally. In the rat ( Swanson- 2004 ) and mouse ( AMBA-2024 ) its neighbors dorsally are the MEA, nucleus of the olfactory tract (NOL) or the amygdalohippocampal area (AHA); ventrolaterally it is bounded by the piriform amygdalar area (PAA), the postpiriform transition area and piriform cortex ( Swanson-2004 ).
      On the basis of internal structure and location, it is subdivided into an anterior periamygdalar cortex and a posterior periamygdalar cortex.

Also known as: cortical amygdaloid nucleus, periamygdaloid cortexNeuroNames ID : 240


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