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Terme préférentiel

Cerebral Cortex  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • 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.

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • Cortex Cerebri
  • Cortical Plate

Traductions

URI

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

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 01/07/2021