The entorhinal cortex is a part of the brain that helps with memory and navigation. It is located near the hippocampus and is involved in remembering and recognizing places and objects. Full definition
Finally, Morgan Barense will report that the impoverished representations of visual objects that are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease are associated with abnormal viewing patterns related to volumetric reductions in entorhinal cortex. (cogneurosociety.org)
A rat's position in space can be represented in the medial entorhinal cortex in addition to the neighboring hippocampus, the area previously thought to be the only locus of spatial information. (science.sciencemag.org)
They investigated how nerve signals are suppressed inside the so - called entorhinal cortex. (sciencedaily.com)