Cerebral cortex
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cerebral-cortex-162-1803400
title:
Cerebral cortex
text:
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 cerebral cortex is the part of the brain responsible for cognition. The six-layered neocortex makes up approximately 90% of the cortex, with the allocortex making up
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description:
Outer layer of the cerebrum of the mammalian brain
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_cortex
date created:
2002-06-21T15:08:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T14:34:47Z
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