Cortical
adjective
Related to the outer layer of the brain or another organ.
The doctors are studying the patient's cortical activity during the test.
Often appears as...
- cortical area
- cortical thickness
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Technical
adjective
Involving or affecting the cortex or outer layer of an organ or tissue.
The development of cortical tissue in plants is an important area of study in botany.
Often appears as...
- cortical layer
- cortical structure
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Academic
adjective
Related to the outer layer of the brain or another organ.
The doctors are studying the patient's cortical activity during the test.
Often appears as...
- cortical area
- cortical thickness
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Involving or affecting the cortex or outer layer of an organ or tissue.
The development of cortical tissue in plants is an important area of study in botany.
Often appears as...
- cortical layer
- cortical structure
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Brain Functions
Used to describe functions or areas in the brain, often in medical or scientific contexts.
The surgeon located the issue in a cortical region responsible for speech.
Pro Tip 2/3Neuroscience Usage
Common in neuroscience, referring to the brain's complex layers and activities.
Researchers focused on how cortical neurons affect memory.
Pro Tip 3/3Brain Disorders
Often appears in discussions about brain disorders like epilepsy or dementia.
The study indicated cortical atrophy in early Alzheimer's disease.
Pro Tip 1/3Brain Functions
Used to describe functions or areas in the brain, often in medical or scientific contexts.
The surgeon located the issue in a cortical region responsible for speech.
Pro Tip 2/3Neuroscience Usage
Common in neuroscience, referring to the brain's complex layers and activities.
Researchers focused on how cortical neurons affect memory.
Pro Tip 3/3Brain Disorders
Often appears in discussions about brain disorders like epilepsy or dementia.
The study indicated cortical atrophy in early Alzheimer's disease.
Pro Tip 1/3Brain Functions
Used to describe functions or areas in the brain, often in medical or scientific contexts.
The surgeon located the issue in a cortical region responsible for speech.
Pro Tip 2/3Neuroscience Usage
Common in neuroscience, referring to the brain's complex layers and activities.
Researchers focused on how cortical neurons affect memory.
Pro Tip 3/3Brain Disorders
Often appears in discussions about brain disorders like epilepsy or dementia.
The study indicated cortical atrophy in early Alzheimer's disease.
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Grave Secrets of...
tendon emulsion that's where the bone has regrown is called exostosis bone regrowth as a function of tendon being ripped out from the sides probably one of these sort of tendons which we even have on our fingers quite useful not if you do hyper flexor hyperextension they can rip out they can rip the cortical bone the outer bone out is very painful
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Michael Merzenich:...
If we look at the selectivity of responses in the cortex of the monkey, we see that the monkey has actually changed the filter characteristics which represents input from the skin of the fingertips that are engaged. In other words there is still a single, simple representation of the fingertips in this most organized of cortical areas
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Thomas Insel: Toward a...
you can see that, particularly in areas like the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex or the superior temporal gyrus, there's a profound loss of gray matter. And it's important, if you try to model this, you can think about normal development as a loss of cortical mass, loss of cortical gray matter,
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Toward a new understandin...
important if you try to model this you can think about normal development as a loss of cortical mass loss of cortical gray matter and what's happening in schizophrenia is that you overshoot that mark and at some point when you overshoot you cross a threshold and it's
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The benefits of a good...
Sensory data is initially transcribed and temporarily recorded in the neurons as short-term memory. From there, it travels to the hippocampus, which strengthens and enhances the neurons in that cortical area. Thanks to the phenomenon of neuroplasticity,
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What happens when you...
We now know that memory formation involves several steps. After immediate sensory data is temporarily transcribed by neurons in the cortex, it travels to the hippocampus, where special proteins work to strengthen the cortical synaptic connections.
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The brain may be able to...
These blue and red cells are called doublecortin-positive cells. All of you have them in your brain. They represent four percent of your cortical brain cells. They have a very important role during the development stage. When you were fetuses,
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was associated with a larger cortical surface area in that spot. And there were some regions, shown here in yellow, where that association was particularly pronounced. And those are regions that we know support a certain set of cognitive
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Stuart Brown: Play is...
and begin again to test things out. That says to me, at least in rats -- and I think they have the same neurotransmitters that we do and a similar cortical architecture -- that play may be pretty important for our survival.
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Grégoire Courtine: The...
This novel training paradigm encouraged the brain to create new connections, some relay circuits that relay information from the brain past the injury and restore cortical control
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Grave Secrets of...
tendon emulsion that's where the bone has regrown is called exostosis bone regrowth as a function of tendon being ripped out from the sides probably one of these sort of tendons which we even have on our fingers quite useful not if you do hyper flexor hyperextension they can rip out they can rip the cortical bone the outer bone out is very painful
Video examples
Michael Merzenich:...
If we look at the selectivity of responses in the cortex of the monkey, we see that the monkey has actually changed the filter characteristics which represents input from the skin of the fingertips that are engaged. In other words there is still a single, simple representation of the fingertips in this most organized of cortical areas
Video examples
Thomas Insel: Toward a...
you can see that, particularly in areas like the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex or the superior temporal gyrus, there's a profound loss of gray matter. And it's important, if you try to model this, you can think about normal development as a loss of cortical mass, loss of cortical gray matter,
Video examples
Toward a new understandin...
important if you try to model this you can think about normal development as a loss of cortical mass loss of cortical gray matter and what's happening in schizophrenia is that you overshoot that mark and at some point when you overshoot you cross a threshold and it's
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
Sensory data is initially transcribed and temporarily recorded in the neurons as short-term memory. From there, it travels to the hippocampus, which strengthens and enhances the neurons in that cortical area. Thanks to the phenomenon of neuroplasticity,
Video examples
What happens when you...
We now know that memory formation involves several steps. After immediate sensory data is temporarily transcribed by neurons in the cortex, it travels to the hippocampus, where special proteins work to strengthen the cortical synaptic connections.
Video examples
The brain may be able to...
These blue and red cells are called doublecortin-positive cells. All of you have them in your brain. They represent four percent of your cortical brain cells. They have a very important role during the development stage. When you were fetuses,
Video examples
How does income affect...
was associated with a larger cortical surface area in that spot. And there were some regions, shown here in yellow, where that association was particularly pronounced. And those are regions that we know support a certain set of cognitive
Video examples
Stuart Brown: Play is...
and begin again to test things out. That says to me, at least in rats -- and I think they have the same neurotransmitters that we do and a similar cortical architecture -- that play may be pretty important for our survival.
Video examples
Grégoire Courtine: The...
This novel training paradigm encouraged the brain to create new connections, some relay circuits that relay information from the brain past the injury and restore cortical control
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.
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Rhianna Pratchett
English Designer
The type of Alzheimer's Dad has is rare - posterior cortical atrophy or PCA - and it affects his spatial awareness and the way he judges distance. His first symptoms were erratic typing and spelling, but to talk to him, you'd never know there was a problem.
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Torsten Wiesel
Swedish Scientist
In the early Sixties, having begun to describe the physiology of cells in the adult cat visual cortex, David Hubel and I decided to investigate how the highly specific response properties of cortical cells emerged during postnatal development.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have.
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Rhianna Pratchett
English Designer
The type of Alzheimer's Dad has is rare - posterior cortical atrophy or PCA - and it affects his spatial awareness and the way he judges distance. His first symptoms were erratic typing and spelling, but to talk to him, you'd never know there was a problem.
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Torsten Wiesel
Swedish Scientist
In the early Sixties, having begun to describe the physiology of cells in the adult cat visual cortex, David Hubel and I decided to investigate how the highly specific response properties of cortical cells emerged during postnatal development.
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