Archicortex is a type of cortical tissue that consists of three cortical laminae (layers of neuronal cell bodies). It has fewer laminae than both neocortex which has six and paleocortex which has either four or five. Archicortex along with paleocortex and periallocortex is a type of allocortex.
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