Neocortex

Under the neocortex is multisensory and motor part of the cerebral cortex of mammals understood the definition of archicortex (including hippocampus) and the Paleocortex (eg: the olfactory bulb ). The cortex or bark is the outer layer of the Gray pallium surrounding the white matter.

The term was coined by the neocortex Frankfurt neurologist Ludwig Edinger ( 1855-1918 ). In the early 20th century the neurologist Korbinian Brodmann showed that the neocortex developed in all mammals of six layers. In humans, the neocortex forms the bulk of the surface of the cerebrum ( 90 %), including the representations of sensations ( sensory areas ), responsible for motor movements cortex and the long-range association centers.

Traditionally it has been frequently asserted that the neocortex is evolutionarily "young". This is hard to argue, because mammals form an early offshoot of the amniotes. That mammals have been thought the most developed brain. However, also other amniotes have a neopallium, in which the gray matter is organized in ganglia. According to current knowledge, the neopallium of the birds is very similar to that of the mammalian and similar complex and powerful.