The ventromedial temporal area has a complicated topography and
neuroanatomy that has yielded secrets only grudgingly. The major features
of surface topography are reviewed here as well as recent neuroanatomical
findings that establish the ventromedial temporal area as both a recipient
of cortical input and the origin for widespread output back to the cortex.
The devastating involvement of all ventromedial temporal areas in
Alzheimer's disease is highlighted, and comments are offered on the
tentorium cerebelli and on mechanical injury to the area.Abstract Teaser