Glossary C

Glossary C

Cortex is defined as the outermost and largest part of the human brain

Cortical arousal is the activation of the Cerebral cortex, a structure of the brain that is responsible for higher intellectual functioning, information processing, and decision making.

Cortical atrophy is a wasting away of tissue in the cerebral cortex of the brain.

Cortical bone refers to the harder, more compact bone that forms the outer bony surface of the diaphysis.

Cortical dementias refers to Dementias affecting the Cerebral cortex.

Cortical magnification factor . Please see Magnification factor.

Deutsch: Corticales Mosaik / Español: Mosaico cortical / Português: Mosaico cortical / Français: Mosaïque corticale / Italiano: Mosaico corticale /

Cortical mosaic is a term which according to Pavlov refers to the pattern of points of excitation and inhibition that characterizes the cortex at any given moment.

Corticalization is an increase in the relative size of the Cerebral cortex.