neocortical
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This increase is primarily driven by specific subtypes of Purkinje cells that are generated first during development and likely communicate with neocortical areas involved in cognitive functions in the mature brain.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023
Rudy, B., Fishell, G., Lee, S. & Hjerling-Leffler, J. Three groups of interneurons account for nearly 100% of neocortical GABAergic neurons.
From Nature • Mar. 4, 2018
Of the 1,200 neocortical genes that Panksepp looked at in one rat experiment, about one third of them showed significant changes in activity after just a half-hour of play.
From Time • Sep. 6, 2017
When we cross Bridge Four, those same nanobots will connect our brains to a neocortical annex in the cloud, and our intelligence will quickly expand a billionfold.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
According to Cohen, the neocortical inactivity described by Dr. Alexander is “brain death, a 100 percent lethal condition.”
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2012
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