Brodmann area 27

Brodmann area 27 is a cytoarchitecturally defined cortical area that is a rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus. It is commonly regarded as a synonym of presubiculum.^[1]

Brodmann area 27
Medial surface of the brain with Brodmann's areas numbered.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	area praesubicularis
NeuroNames	1039
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1758
FMA	68624
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The dorsal part of the presubiculum is more commonly known as the postsubiculum,^[2] and is of interest because it contains head direction cells, which are responsive to the facing direction of the head.^[3]

See also

• Brodmann area
• List of regions in the human brain