posterior parahippocampal gyrus

posterior parahippocampal gyrus (PHGp)

The term posterior parahippocampal gyrus (PHGp) refers to the more caudal of two parts of the parahippocampal gyrus (PHG) defined by dissection of the limbic lobe in the human ( Gray-1918b ) and the macaque ( Martin-2000 ). The other part is the anterior parahippocampal gyrus. The PHGp is bounded medially by the presubiculum of the hippocampal complex and laterally by the fusiform gyrus ( Crosby-1962 ). Histologically, Brodmann-1909 classed it as perirhinal cortex 35; ( Economo-1927 ) as area TH and area TF, which originally included an internal area THa. The PHGp has no topological equivalent in the smooth cortex of the rodent and no histological equivalent to the neocortical PHGp between presubiculum and more lateral temporal area TEa. All areas between it and the presubiculum in the rat are located in the entorhinal cortex and perirhinal cortex ( Swanson-1994 Functionally, the PHGp and the fusiform gyrus together constitute the posterior parahippocampal cortex ( Glasser-2016 ). Updated 17 Jul 2026.

Also known as: posterior parahippocampal gyrus, Gyrus parahippocampalis, pars posterior, parahippocampal gyrus (Insausti), Area Temporohippocampica, area perirhinalis, perirhinal area, area 34 of Brodmann

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PPHG

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acronym

Organism:

macaque

Source:

Martin-2000

Citation:

Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000

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Primate Brain Maps: Structure Of The Macaque Brain

Name:

posterior parahippocampal gyrus

Language:

English

Organism:

human

Source:

Amaral-1990

Citation:

Chapter 21, pp. 711-756 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos (ed.), Academic Press, San Diego, 1990

Source Title:

Hippocampal Formation

Name:

Gyrus parahippocampalis, pars posterior

Language:

Latin

Organism:

Unspecified

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NeuroNames

Citation:

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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NeuroNames

Name:

parahippocampal gyrus (Insausti)

Language:

English

Organism:

Old World monkey

Source:

Amaral-1990

Citation:

Chapter 21, pp. 711-756 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos (ed.), Academic Press, San Diego, 1990

Source Title:

Hippocampal Formation

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acronym

Organism:

human

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Economo-1927

Citation:

Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer

Source Title:

Zellaufbau der Grosshirnrinde des Menschen

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Area Temporohippocampica

Language:

Latin

Organism:

human

Source:

Economo-1927

Citation:

Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer

Source Title:

Zellaufbau der Grosshirnrinde des Menschen

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area perirhinalis

Language:

Latin

Organism:

human

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Brodmann-1909

Citation:

IV. Kapitel in Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde (Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosias Barth), 1909

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Beschreibung der einzelnen Hirnkarten

Name:

perirhinal area

Language:

English

Organism:

human

Source:

Garey-1999

Citation:

Garey LK (translator/editor) Brodmann's 'Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex', Imperial College Press, London, 1999.

Source Title:

Brodmann's 'Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex'

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area 34 of Brodmann

Language:

English

Organism:

human

Source:

NeuroNames

Citation:

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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NeuroNames

Name:

PHGp

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acronym

Organism:

Unspecified

Source:

NeuroNames

Citation:

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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NeuroNames

Illustrations

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Species With The Structure

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Topology

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Yes

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Homo sapiens (human)

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posterior parahippocampal gyrus

Source:

Amaral-1990

Models Where It Appears

Structural CNS Model - Macaque

Brain structures of the macaque are illustrated in BrainInfo’s NeuroMaps macaque brain atlas. Structures are grouped by proximity in a hierarchy corresponding to the central nervous system hierarchy of NeuroNames ( Bowden-1995 Martin-2000 ). Structures in the NeuroMaps atlas are based on the segmentation of an MRI of the brain of a 3-year old male rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). The atlas is most useful for targeting structures for implantating electrodes and chemtrodes. Updated 29 Oct 2025.

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