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Cerebral Cortex

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Definition: The thin layer of gray matter on the surface of the cerebral hemisphere that develops from the telencephalon and folds into gyri. It reaches its highest development in man and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions.  /surg: probably CEREBRAL DECORTICATION   
See Also Cerebral Decortication; Cortical Spreading Depression; Electroencephalography
Examples Frontal Lobe; Hippocampus; Neocortex; Occipital Lobe; Parietal Lobe; Pyramidal Cells; Temporal Lobe 		Other names Insula of Reil; Cortices, Cerebral; Cortex, Cerebral; Cerebral Cortices; Reil Insula
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
sialoglycopeptide inhibitor protein, bovine  0   *Sialoglycoproteins Cerebral Cortex. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1986;134(3):1350

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