In Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, the allocortex accumulates aggregated proteins such as synuclein and tau well before neocortex.

allocortex n. those regions of the cerebral cortex that are phylogenetically older and have fewer than six main layers of cells. The allocortex is involved ...

The allocortex (also known as heterogenetic cortex) is one of the two types of cerebral cortex, the other being the neocortex. It is characterized by having ...

Allocortex - cerebral cortex that is not part of the neocortex. Allocortex describes all of the cortex that is not included in the neocortex, ...

Allocortex is tagged as the oldest yet the most integral part of the cerebral cortex. It protects the gray matter in the brain. It is involved ...

The hippocampus is an area of primitive cortex, or allocortex, hidden within the medial temporal lobe. It is connected to a set of immediately adjacent ...

The allocortex is subdivided into three separate cortical areas: the archicortex which is confined to the hippocampus and the subiculum; ...

The allocortex or heterogenetic cortex, and neocortex are the two types of cerebral cortex in the brain. The allocortex is the much smaller area of cortex ...