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HETEROTYPIC CORTEX
O. Vogt's term denoting different regions of the cerebral cortex, in special the olfactorycortex and the hippocampus, characterised by fewer cell layers than the isocortex.
See: cerebral cortex.
Synonym: heterotypic cortex.
Origin: allo-+ L. Cortex, bark (cortex)