Editing Entorhinal cortex (section)

{{short description|Area of the temporal lobe of the brain}}{{Infobox brain
| Name            = Entorhinal cortex
| Pronunciation = ɛntəɹ'ɪnəl
| Latin           = cortex entorhinalis
| Image           = Gray-Brodman-Entorhinal Cortex EC .png
| Caption         = Medial surface. (Entorhinal cortex approximately maps to areas 28 and 34, at lower left.)
| Image2          = Medial surface of cerebral cortex - entorhinal cortex.png
| Caption2        = Medial surface of right hemisphere. Entorhinal cortex visible at near bottom.
| Width           = 300
| IsPartOf        = [[Temporal lobe]]
| Components      =
| Artery          = [[Posterior cerebral artery|Posterior cerebral]]<br/>[[Choroid artery|Choroid]]
| Vein            = [[Inferior striate vein|Inferior striate]]
}}
The '''entorhinal cortex''' ('''EC''')  is an area of the brain's [[allocortex]], located in the [[medial temporal lobe]], whose functions include being a widespread network hub for [[memory]], navigation, and the perception of time.<ref name=":0">Integrating time from experience in the lateral entorhinal cortex      Albert Tsao, Jørgen Sugar, Li Lu, Cheng Wang, James J. Knierim, May-Britt Moser & Edvard I. Moser   Naturevolume 561, pages57–62 (2018)</ref> The EC is the main interface between the [[hippocampus]] and [[neocortex]]. The [[EC-hippocampus system]] plays an important role in declarative (autobiographical/episodic/semantic) memories and in particular [[spatial memory|spatial memories]] including [[memory formation]], [[memory consolidation]], and memory optimization in [[sleep]]. The EC is also responsible for the pre-processing (familiarity) of the input signals in the reflex [[nictitating membrane]] response of classical trace conditioning; the association of impulses from the [[Human eye|eye]] and the [[ear]] occurs in the entorhinal cortex.