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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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
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
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
This result argues that claustrum activity plays a critical role in generating parkinsonian movement.
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 Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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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