claustrum
Americannoun
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claustra
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Etymology
Origin of claustrum
1840–50; < New Latin; Latin: bolt, barrier, equivalent to claud ( ere ) to close, shut + -trum instrumental suffix; cf. cloister
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The claustrum helps to regulate concentration, but its exact role remains unknown.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
Hidden deep in the brain, the claustrum is a thin sheet-like structure that receives and processes information from different parts of it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
Targeting treatments—like deep brain stimulation—to the claustrum, though, may be a helpful advance for those with Parkinson’s disease.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2018
This result argues that claustrum activity plays a critical role in generating parkinsonian movement.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2018
External to the putamen is a long narrow strip of grey matter called the claustrum, which is sometimes regarded as a third nucleus of the corpus striatum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Omnia tum vero vitai claustra lababant;+ and soon the cold was mounting with sure pace from the dead feet to the head.
From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 by Walter Pater
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