O. Vogt term denoting several regions of the cerebral cortex, in particular the olfactory cortex and the hippocampus, characterized by fewer cell layers than the isocortex; SEE ALSO: cerebral cortex. SYN: heterotypic cortex. [allo- + L. cortex, bark (cortex)]
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al·lo·cor·tex (al″o-korґteks) [allo- + cortex] [TA] the older, original part of the cerebral cortex, comprising the archicortex and the paleocortex. It does not have the six-layered histologic structure of the larger, phylogenetically newer isocortex. Called also heterotypical cortex.Medical dictionary. 2011.