Preferred Label : Brodmann (1909) area 16;
Uberon definition : Brodmann area 16 is a subdivision of the cerebral cortex of the guenon defined on
the basis of cytoarchitecture. It is a relatively undifferentiated cortical area that
Brodmann regarded as part of the insula because of the relation of its innermost multiform
layer (VI) with the claustrum (VICl). The laminar organization of cortex is almost
totally lacking. The molecular layer (I) is wide as in area 15 of Brodmann-1905. The
space between layer I and layer VI is composed of a mixture of pyramidal cells and
spindle cells with no significant number of granule cells. Pyramidal cells clump in
the outer part to form glomeruli similar to those seen in some of the primary olfactory
areas (Brodmann-1905). This term also refers to an area known as peripaleocortical
claustral - a cytoarchitecturally defined (agranular) portion of the insula at its
rostral extreme where it approaches most closely the claustrum and the prepyriform
area (Stephan-76).;
Uberon synonym : Brodmann area 16; B09-16; area 16 of Brodmann; area 16 of Brodmann-1909;
Uberon related term : brodmann's area 16; area 16 of Brodmann (guenon); BA16;
Uberon broad term : B09-16;
Origin ID : 0013547;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Uberon cross reference
Brodmann area 16 is a subdivision of the cerebral cortex of the guenon defined on
the basis of cytoarchitecture. It is a relatively undifferentiated cortical area that
Brodmann regarded as part of the insula because of the relation of its innermost multiform
layer (VI) with the claustrum (VICl). The laminar organization of cortex is almost
totally lacking. The molecular layer (I) is wide as in area 15 of Brodmann-1905. The
space between layer I and layer VI is composed of a mixture of pyramidal cells and
spindle cells with no significant number of granule cells. Pyramidal cells clump in
the outer part to form glomeruli similar to those seen in some of the primary olfactory
areas (Brodmann-1905). This term also refers to an area known as peripaleocortical
claustral - a cytoarchitecturally defined (agranular) portion of the insula at its
rostral extreme where it approaches most closely the claustrum and the prepyriform
area (Stephan-76).