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 • May 28, 2024
Through this coordinated sequence of opposing actions, the two neurotransmitters toggle the transfer of information between the claustrum and the rest of the brain, like a switch.
From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023
But the authors saw that 28 out of 29 cases affected networks that connected through a small, sheet-like structure called the claustrum.
From Scientific American • Oct. 30, 2018
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
A monastery without a library was considered as a fort or a camp deprived of the necessary articles for its defence: "claustrum sine armario, quasi castrum sine armentario."
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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