Cerebral Cortex
The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions.
Year introduced: INSULA OF REIL was see under CEREBRAL CORTEX 1968-1978
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Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500
MeSH Unique ID: D002540
Entry Terms:
- Cerebral Cortices
- Cortex, Cerebral
- Cortex Cerebri
- Cortex Cerebrus
- Cortical Plate
- Cortical Plates
- Plate, Cortical
- Allocortex
- Allocortices
- Archipallium
- Archipalliums
- Paleocortex
- Paleocortices
- Periallocortex
- Periallocortices
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