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 claustrum helps to regulate concentration, but its exact role remains unknown.
From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023
They discovered that two types of neurons in the claustrum, which send output signals to different parts of the brain, respond in opposing ways to acetylcholine and GABA.
From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023
The claustrum coincidentally appears as a rest stop, so to speak, on the network maps of almost all the lesion cases.
From Scientific American • Oct. 30, 2018
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
The earlier Capella B.M.V. juxta claustrum is often referred to in the chapter documents, and was a favourite centre of devotion.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
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