area 29 ( 29 )

The term area 29 refers to one of two parts of retrosplenial cortex. It is composed of granular cortex.The other is area 30, which is composed of dysgranular cortex. The two are narrow bands, which in the primate are aligned side by side in the ventral bank of the posterior cingulate gyrus with continuation in the rostral bank of the isthmus of the cingulate gyrus. The inner band of the two, area 29 is separated from the splenium of the corpus callosum by the callosal sulcus. rostrally in the human, the area is subdivided into an area 29m and area 29l. The portion in the isthmus was formerly considered a separate area 26. The equivalent structure in the macaque is the same as in the human, except that it is not subdivided into medial and lateral parts ( Vogt-2012 ). In rodents it is located on the mesial surface of the cortex of the cerebral hemisphere, dorsal and caudal to the splenium of the corpus callosum. In the rat it consists of three parts: zone a of the retrosplenial granular area, zone b of the retrosplenial granular area and zone c of the retrosplenial granular area ( Paxinos-2009b ). Some authors regard zone b and zone c as one, i.e., as zone b-c of the retrosplenial granular area ( Swanson-2004 ). In the mouse it may be subdivided ( Franklin-2008 ) or not ( Hof-2000 ).

Also known as

Name Language Source Source Citation Source Title Organism
area 29 English Vogt-2012 Chapter 25, pp. 943-987 in: The Human Nervous System - Third Edition, Mai JK and Paxinos G (Eds.) Amsterdam: Elsevier. Cingulate Cortex human
29 acronym Vogt-1987 J Comp Neurol 1987 Aug 8;262(2):256-70 Cingulate cortex of the rhesus monkey: I. Cytoarchitecture and thalamic afferents macaque
retrosplenial granular area English Paxinos-2009b Sixth Edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates rat
RSG acronym Paxinos-2001 Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 2001 The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates mouse
ventral part of the retrosplenial area English Swanson-2004 Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. rat
RSPv acronym Swanson-2004 Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. rat
retrosplenial cortex, ventral part English Hof-2000 Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000 Comparative Cytoarchitectonic Atlas of the C57BL/6 and 129/Sv Mouse Brains mouse
retrosplenial area, ventral part English Swanson-1998 Second Revised Edition, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998 Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain rat
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