cortical

American  

[kawr-ti-kuhl] / ˈkɔr tɪ kəl /

adjective

1. Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.

2. Physiology. resulting from the function or condition of the cerebral cortex.

3. Botany. of or relating to the cortex.

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Other Word Forms

• cortically adverb
• intercortical adjective
• noncortical adjective
• noncortically adverb

Etymology

Origin of cortical

1665–75; < New Latin corticālis, equivalent to Latin cortic- (stem of cortex ) cortex + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

These patterns were based on sulcus depth and cortical thickness, which describe the folding of the brain surface and the thickness of the brain's outer layer.

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During a series of experiments, the implant delivered a defined pattern across four cortical regions, which functioned like tapping a coded message directly into the brain.

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For the latest study, the team examined samples from normal mice and compared them with living cortical brain tissue obtained, with permission, from six people undergoing epilepsy surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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"Disorders such as attention deficit, sensory hypersensitivity, or some forms of traumatic brain injury may partly originate from imbalances between cortical communication and these fundamental circuits."

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Multiple measurements showed that neural spiking activity had a spatial order with continuously changing angles, consistent with a wave of activity rotating across the cortical electrode.

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