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The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically
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paleoencephalon
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n. the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex [syn: paleencephalon , palaeencephalon ]
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n. The most ancient part of the brain.
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In the anatomy of animals , paleoencephalon refers to most regions in the brain that are not part of the neocortex or neoencephalon . The paleoencephalon is the phylogenetically oldest part of the animal brain. Paleoenchepheal areas of older species are ...