Posterior parahippocampal gyrus

Posterior parahippocampal gyrus
Details
Identifiers
Latin	pars posterior gyri parahippocampalis
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1295
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

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

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

References

^ 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. PMC 2517248. PMID 18486350.

Anatomy of the cerebral cortex of the human brain

Frontal lobe

Superolateral

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus 4 6 8 Middle frontal gyrus 9 10 46 Inferior frontal gyrus: 11 47-Pars orbitalis Broca's area 44-Pars opercularis 45-Pars triangularis Superior frontal sulcus Inferior frontal sulcus
Precentral	Precentral gyrus Precentral sulcus

Medial/inferior

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus 4 6 Medial frontal gyrus 8 9 Paraterminal gyrus/Paraolfactory area 12 Straight gyrus 11 Orbital gyri/Orbitofrontal cortex 10 11 12 Ventromedial prefrontal cortex 10 Subcallosal area 25 Olfactory sulcus Orbital sulcus
Precentral	Paracentral lobule 4 Paracentral sulcus

Both

Superolateral	Superior parietal lobule 5 7 Inferior parietal lobule 40-Supramarginal gyrus 39-Angular gyrus Parietal operculum 43 Intraparietal sulcus
Medial/inferior	Paracentral lobule 1 2 3 5 Precuneus 7 Marginal sulcus
Both	Postcentral gyrus/Primary somatosensory cortex 3, 1 and 2 Secondary somatosensory cortex 5 Posterior parietal cortex 7

Superolateral	Occipital pole of cerebrum Occipital gyri Lateral occipital gyrus 18 19 Lunate sulcus Transverse occipital sulcus
Medial/inferior	Visual cortex 17 Cuneus Lingual gyrus Calcarine sulcus

Superolateral	Transverse temporal gyrus/Auditory cortex 41 and 42 Superior temporal gyrus 38 22/Wernicke's area (Planum temporale) Superior temporal sulcus Middle temporal gyrus 21
Medial/inferior	Occipitotemporal sulcus Fusiform gyrus 37 Medial temporal lobe 27 28 34 35 36 Inferior temporal sulcus Inferior temporal gyrus 20

Interlobar
sulci/fissures

Superolateral	Central (frontal+parietal) Lateral (frontal+parietal+temporal) Parieto-occipital Preoccipital notch
Medial/inferior	Longitudinal fissure Cingulate (frontal+cingulate) Collateral (temporal+occipital) Callosal sulcus

Parahippocampal gyrus	anterior Entorhinal cortex Perirhinal cortex Postrhinal cortex Posterior parahippocampal gyrus Prepyriform area
Cingulate cortex/gyrus	Subgenual area 25 Anterior cingulate 24 32 33 Posterior cingulate 23 31 Isthmus of cingulate gyrus: Retrosplenial cortex 26 29 30
Hippocampal formation	Hippocampal sulcus Fimbria of hippocampus Dentate gyrus Rhinal sulcus
Other	Indusium griseum Uncus Amygdala