The piriform cortex is probably the area most closely associated with identifying the odor.

Piriform cortex: The function of which relates to the olfactory system.

The piriform cortex is part of the rhinencephalon situated in the telencephalon.

The piriform cortex has two major divisions with anatomically distinct organizations and functions.

From this site in piriform cortex chemical and electrically evoked seizures can be triggered.

In anatomy of animals, the piriform cortex, or pyriform cortex is a region in the brain.

The piriform cortex contains a critical, functionally defined epileptogenic trigger zone, "Area Tempestas".

In the piriform cortex, layer I consists mostly of afferent inputs to apical dendrites of deeper cells.

The piriform cortex occupies a greater proportion of the overall brain and of the telencephalic brains of insectivores than in primates.

Olfactory information, however, passes through the olfactory bulb to the olfactory cortex (piriform cortex).

Recognized as neopallium or neocortex, enlarged dorsal areas envelop the paleopallial piriform cortex in humans and Old World monkeys.

The piriform cortex projects to the medial dorsal nucleus of the thalamus, which then projects to the orbitofrontal cortex.

Among taxonomic groupings of mammals, the piriform cortex and the olfactory bulb become proportionally smaller in the brains of phylogenically younger species.

Axons of the mitral cells transfer information to a number of areas in the brain, including the piriform cortex, entorhinal cortex, and amygdala.

The olfactory signal is then conducted to piriform cortex and the amygdala, and then to the orbitalfrontal cortex, where higher level processing of the odor occurs.

Brain regions that are highly sensitive to insults and can cause epileptogenesis include temporal lobe structures such as the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the piriform cortex.

Direct afferent inputs arrive from most primary olfactory areas, including piriform cortex, amygdala, and entorhinal cortex, in the absence of an obligatory thalamic relay.

The islands of Calleja receive inputs from the back of the amygdala, which processes emotional memory, as well as the septum, nucleus accumbens, and piriform cortex.

The piriform cortex is among three areas that emerge in the telencephalon of amphibians, situated caudally to a dorsal area, which is caudal to a hippocampal area.

The lateral and ventral pallium is the progenitor of the mammalian piriform cortex, and has an olfactory function in every species in which it has been studied.

The 3-layered piriform cortex projects to a number of thalamic and hypothalamic nuclei, the hippocampus and amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex but its function is largely unknown.

Recently GCN2 has also been implicated in directing eating behavior in mammals by phosphorylating eIF-2α in the anterior Piriform cortex (APC) of the brain.

The division of management between extrinsic and intrinsic inputs to the dendrites in the piriform cortex (mentioned above) is also seen to a lesser degree in the medial prefrontal cortex.

The tract forms on the ventrolateral surface of the brain and passes through the AON, continuing on to run the length of the piriform cortex, while synapsing in both regions.

The AON distributes the information to the contralateral olfactory bulb and piriform cortex as well as engaging in reciprocal interactions with the ipsilateral bulb and cortex.