An absorbent core (28) useful for an absorbent article (20), the core comprising storage layers that are attached, each storage layer comprising a substrate layer (100) comprising a first surface and a second surface, said layer comprising in addition, a discontinuous layer of absorbent material, said absorbent material comprising an absorbent polymeric material (110), said absorbent material comprising, optionally, a fibrous absorbent material that does not represent more than 20 percent by weight of the total weight of the absorbent polymeric material (110), said discontinuous layer of absorbent material comprising a first surface and a second surface, said absorbent core (28) further comprising a layer of thermoplastic material (120), said layer of thermoplastic material (120) comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein said second surface of said discontinuous layer of absorbent material is in at least partial contact with said first surface of said substrate layer (100), and portions of said second surface of said thermoplastic material layer (120) are in direct contact with said first surface of said layer (100) of substrate, and parts of said second surface of said layer of thermoplastic material (120) are in direct contact with said first surface of said discontinuous layer of absorbent material, wherein the core has a longitudinal axis, and where The distribution of the absorbent material has a profile in the longitudinal direction of the core, the absorbent polymer material being distributed in such a way that the base weight of the absorbent material in at least one freely selected first square measuring 1 cm x 1 cm is at least 10% greater than the base weight of the absorbent polymer material in at least one freely selected second square measuring 1 cm x 1 cm, where the first and second squares are centered around the longitudinal axis of the core.Un núcleo absorbente (28) útil para un artículo absorbente (20), comprendiendo el núcleo capas
