NEOCORTEX


Meaning of NEOCORTEX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌnē-ō-ˈkȯr-ˌteks ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin; from its being the cortex of the phylogenetically most recently developed part of the brain

Date: 1909

: the large 6-layered dorsal region of the cerebral cortex that is unique to mammals ; broadly : the mammalian cerebral cortex

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