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Cerebral Cortex  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions. Type of cerebral cortex which does not pass through a perinatal phase of six-layered structure as in the NEOCORTEX and develops into three or four layers in the mature brain. Allocortex has three subareas: archi- paleo- and periallo-cortex.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cortex Cerebri
  • Cortical Plate

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CTJGHKH6-H

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