neocortex in dogs

An area of cerebral cortex defined on the basis of cytoarchitecture that have six layers. Starting from the cortical surface the layers are: molecular layer (I), external granular layer (II), external pyramidal layer (III), internal granular layer (IV), internal pyramidal layer (V), and multiform layer (VI). Neocortex is most prominent in the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, the temporal lobe and the occipital lobe, less so in the cingulate gyrus, the parahippocampal gyrus and the insula. It is composed of two subdivisions: true isocortex and proisocortex (Carpenter-83)(NN). Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the neocortex is

An area of cerebral cortex defined on the basis of cytoarchitecture that have six layers. Starting from the cortical surface the layers are: molecular layer (I), external granular layer (II), external pyramidal layer (III), internal granular layer (IV), internal pyramidal layer (V), and multiform layer (VI). Neocortex is most prominent in the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, the temporal lobe and the occipital lobe, less so in the cingulate gyrus, the parahippocampal gyrus and the insula. It is composed of two subdivisions: true isocortex and proisocortex (Carpenter-83)(NN). The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the neocortex is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the neocortex connects to

The atlas records 15 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, brain and cerebral cortex, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the neocortex. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as cerebral neocortex, homogenetic cortex, homotypical cortex, isocortex (sensu lato), neocortex (isocortex) and neopallial cortex, and 5 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001950, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical entity, brain, cerebral cortex and nervous system.
• A kind of: anatomical structure.
• contains: cingulate cortex, frontal cortex, insular cortex, layer of neocortex, occipital cortex and parietal cortex, and 2 more.
• contributes to morphology of: cerebral cortex.
• Develops from: cortical plate.

Questions

Where is the neocortex?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the neocortex connect to?

Part of: anatomical entity, brain, cerebral cortex and nervous system.

Is the neocortex the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.