parietal cortex (PCX)

The term parietal cortex refers to the set of cortical areas defined on the basis of internal structure that comprise the parietal lobe in the human and the macaque. Its boundaries are not precisely contiguous with those of the parietal lobe, which is defined on the basis of external sulcal landmarks. The parietal cortex has two major components: the anterior parietal cortex located in the postcentral gyrus and the posterior parietal cortex located caudal to the postcentral sulcus ( Caspers-2012 ).

Also known as: parietal cortex

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parietal cortex

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English

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human

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005

Source Title:

DeJong's the Neurologic Examination: Incorporating the Fundamentals of Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

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PCX

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acronym

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Unspecified

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NeuroNames

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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Topographic Model of Human Cerebral Cortex

The topographic model of human cerebral cortex is a closed partitive hierarchical model of cerebral cortical structure in the human. The cerebral cortex is segmented on the basis of internal structure, connectivity, and/or functions of cortical areas. It is designed to update the comprehensive early twentieth century parcellations of Brodmann and of von Economo and Koskinas and their successors. A work in progress, it integrates the most authoritative, comprehensive, and recent parcellations and nomenclatures from peer-reviewed publications and neuroanatomical texts. For an equivalent model in the rodent, Search BrainInfo for ' Functional CNS Model - Rat '. This segmentation of the human cerebral cortex, based on a combination of internal structure, connectivity, and function, complements the classical segmentation of the cerebral cortex into lobes, lobules, and gyri based on sulcal patterns: For the classical segmentation, see ' cerebral cortex ' and click 'Locus in Brain Hierarchy'.