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CORTEX OLFATORIO [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
DEF

The bulblike expansion of the olfactory tract on the under surface of the frontal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)
DEF

Extrémité antérieure renflée du nerf olfactif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nariz (Medicina)
CONT

Las células excitadas disparan potenciales de acción, o pulsiones, que se propagan, a través de los axones, hasta una parte del córtex conocida por el nombre de bulbo olfatorio.

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Record 2 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Olfaction (smelling) starts in the upper portion of the nose where smell molecules interact with fibers from the brain that extend through the cribriform plate at the base of the skull into the nasal cavity. The olfactory tracts transmit information from the receptor in the nose to the olfactory cortex which is located under the frontal lobe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Les fibres nerveuses olfactives ont la particularité de projeter directement dans les zones primitives du cortex cérébral. Ces zones du paléocortex sont regroupées sous le nom de cortex olfactif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
CONT

El bulbo analiza cada tipo de entrada y, a continuación sintetiza su propio mensaje, que transmite vía axones a otra parte del sistema olfatorio, al córtex olfatorio.

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Record 3 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A part of the hippocampal formation that serves as the major input and output communication link between association areas of the neocortex and the hippocampus.

Key term(s)
  • entorhinal area

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Description de la formation hippocampique. [...] L'ensemble gyrus dentatus et hippocampe forme deux régions emboîtées l'une dans l'autre et cet ensemble est lui même adjacent au subiculum. A la suite de ce subiculum, se trouve le cortex entorhinal en continuité avec le néocortex.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
CONT

Desde [el córtex olfatorio], se envían nuevas señales a muchas partes del cerebro, de las que no es la menor una área denominada córtex endorrino, donde las señales se combinan con las que provienen de otros sistemas sensoriales.

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