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Brain: Posterior parahippocampal gyrus
Latin gyrus parahippocampalis pars posterior

The posterior parahippocampal gyrus is a portion of the parahippocampal gyrus.

It can show deterioration in Alzheimer's disease.[1]

References

  1. ^ Thangavel R, Van Hoesen GW, Zaheer A (June 2008). "Posterior parahippocampal gyrus pathology in Alzheimer's disease". Neuroscience 154 (2): 667–76. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.03.077. PMID 18486350. PMC 2517248. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306-4522(08)00465-X.  
Human brain: forebrain (cerebrum · cerebral cortex · cerebral hemispheres, grey matter) (TA A14.1.09.002-240, 301-320, GA 9.818-826)
Frontal lobe
Superolateral
Medial/inferior
Both
Parietal lobe
Superolateral
Medial/inferior
Both
Occipital lobe
Superolateral
Medial/inferior
Temporal lobe
Superolateral
Medial/inferior
Interlobar
sulci/fissures
Superolateral
Medial/inferior
Limbic lobe
anterior (Entorhinal cortex, Perirhinal cortex) · Posterior parahippocampal gyrus · Prepyriform area
Other
Insular lobe
General
Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri.







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