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cerebral cortex Definition

cerebral cortex

noun

the thin layer of gray matter that makes up the outer portion of the cerebrum, responsible for voluntary movement, perception, thinking, speaking, etc.

cerebral cortex Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • fetus: Normal and aberrant neuronal development in the cerebral cortex of human fetus and young infant.

Converse of object

  • call: There may be reorganization of the nerves in an area of the brain called the cerebral cortex.
  • develop: We are now using expression profiling in wildtype and Gli3 mutant mice to identify novel Wnt target genes in the developing cerebral cortex.
  • affect: These levels affect the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain where thought processes take place.

Adjective modifier

  • human: The human cerebral cortex in particular has three or four times more surface area than that of a chimpanzee.
  • prefrontal: The performance of patients with lesions to the prefrontal cerebral cortex on these tasks will be described.
  • mammalian: Abstract There has been growing interest in the mechanisms underlying the oscillatory properties of the mammalian cerebral cortex.

Preposition: in

  • animal: This method produces plasticity in the cerebral cortex in normal animals.