Cerebral cortex

Definition

The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals. It is the largest site of neural integration in the central nervous system, and plays a key role in attention, perception, awareness, thought, memory, language, and consciousness.

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stimulation mapping Corticogenesis Corticospinal tract Cuneus Cytoarchitecture Dendrite Dentate gyrus Development of the cerebral cortex Development of the human cerebral cortex Developmental toxicity Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Downregulation and upregulation Drug Dyslexia EMX1 EMX2 Efferent nerve fiber Electrocorticography Electrode Eloquent cortex Entorhinal cortex Environmental toxicants and fetal development Ependyma Epigenetic Regulation of Neurogenesis Epilepsy Excitatory postsynaptic potential External granular layer (cerebral cortex)FGF8 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Fibroblast growth factor Fimbria of hippocampus Foundational Model of Anatomy Fractal dimension Fragile X syndrome Frontal eye fields Frontal lobe Frontal lobe disorder Fusiform face area Fusiform gyrus G1 phase G2 phase GABA receptor GABAergic Gamma-Aminobutyric acid Genetic disorder Glial cells Globus pallidus Glutamate (neurotransmitter)Golgi's method Golgi stain Gray matter heterotopia Gyrification Gyrus 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Microcephaly Micrograph Microgyrus Middle cerebral artery Middle frontal gyrus Middle temporal gyrus Migraine Minicolumn Mitosis Motor cortex Movement disorder Mushroom bodies Mutation NBS1 Neocortex Nereididae Nervous tissue Neural circuit Neural oscillation Neural plate Neural stem cell Neural tissue Neural tube NeuroLex NeuroNames Neurocranium Neurodegenerative disease Neurodevelopmental disorder Neuroepithelial cell Neurogenesis Neuroglia Neurological disorder Neuron Neurotransmitter Neurulation Nibrin Nijmegen breakage syndrome Nissl stain Notch signaling pathway Nucleus accumbens Occipital gyri Occipital lobe Occipitotemporal sulcus Olfactory bulb Olfactory cortex Olfactory sulcus Opercular part of inferior frontal gyrus Operculum (brain)Orbital gyri Orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus Orbital sulcus Orbitofrontal cortex PAX6 Paleocortex Pallium (neuroanatomy)Paracentral lobule Paracentral sulcus Parahippocampal gyrus Paralimbic cortex Paraolfactory area Paraterminal gyrus 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Secondary somatosensory cortex Senses Shrew Somatosensory cortex Somatotopy Sonic hedgehog Staining Stellate cell Stellate cells Stem cell Straight gyrus Subcallosal area Subgenual area 25 Subplate Substantia nigra Subthalamic nucleus Subventricular zone Sulcus (neuroanatomy)Superior frontal gyrus Superior frontal sulcus Superior parietal lobule Superior temporal gyrus Superior temporal sulcus Supplementary eye field Supplementary motor area Supramarginal gyrus Synapse Tamily Weissman Temporal lobe Terminologia Anatomica Thalamic reticular nucleus Thalamocortical radiations Thalamus Thought Tonotopy Topographic map (Neuroanatomy)Torsten Wiesel Transcription factor Transverse occipital sulcus Transverse temporal gyrus Triangular part of inferior frontal gyrus Trnp1 Uncus Valentino Braitenberg Ventricular system Ventricular zone Ventromedial prefrontal cortex Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle Vertebrate Visual cortex Visual word form area Wernicke's area White matter X-ray

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