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The cerebral cortex is the thin outer layer of the brain that covers the main part of the brain called the cerebrum. It's important because this outer layer is where much of the brain's processing happens, enabling functions like thinking, memory, and conscious awareness.
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469,336 papers- Role of integrins in the development of the cerebral cortex.ReviewCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2003Schmid RS, Anton ESDOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.3.219
- Neurotransmitter receptors in the developing cerebral cortex.ReviewCritical reviews in neurobiology · 1995Lidow MS, Wang F
- Mysteries in the making of the cerebral cortex.ReviewCiba Foundation symposium · 1995Blakemore CDOI: 10.1002/9780470514795.ch1
- Plasticity and commitment in the developing cerebral cortex.ReviewProgress in brain research · 1995McConnell SKDOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)63290-2
- Functional significance of cyclic AMP secretion in cerebral cortex.ReviewBrain research bulletin · 1992Rosenberg PADOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(92)90062-3
- A stochastic model for neural progenitor dynamics in the mouse cerebral cortex.Mathematical biosciences · 2024Clément F, Olayé JDOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109185
- [TOPOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX].ReviewUspekhi sovremennoi biologii · 1964BARANOV MN, PEVZNER LZ
- IV. The effects of morphine, other opoids and their derivatives on the metabolism of the cerebral cortex.ReviewResearch publications - Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease · 1968Takemori AE
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The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals. It is the largest site of neural integration in the central nervous system, and plays a key role in attention, perception, awareness, thought, memory, language, and consciousness.
The six-layered neocortex makes up approximately 90% of the cortex, with the allocortex making up the remainder. The cortex is divided into left and right parts by the longitudinal fissure, which separates the two cerebral hemispheres that are joined beneath the cortex by the corpus callosum and other commissural fibers. In most mammals, apart from small mammals that have small brains, the cerebral cortex is folded, providing a greater surface area in the confined volume of the cranium. Apart from minimising brain and cranial volume, cortical folding is crucial for the brain circuitry and its functional organisation. In mammals with small brains, there is no folding and the cortex is smooth.