claustrum
Americannoun
PLURAL
claustraEtymology
Origin of claustrum
1840–50; < New Latin; Latin: bolt, barrier, equivalent to claud ( ere ) to close, shut + -trum instrumental suffix; cloister
Example Sentences
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The key nodes of the network identified by the researchers were putamen, amygdala and claustrum located deep within the brain, and the connections between them.
From Science Daily
The claustrum helps to regulate concentration, but its exact role remains unknown.
From Science Daily
The resemblance indicated that reptiles, too, had a claustrum.
From Science Magazine
This result argues that claustrum activity plays a critical role in generating parkinsonian movement.
From Scientific American
But these claustrum neurons seem to connect to most or all of the outer parts of the brain that take in sensory information and drive behaviour.
From Nature
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