cortical

[ kawr-ti-kuhl ]

adjective

1. Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
2. Physiology. resulting from the function or condition of the cerebral cortex.
3. Botany. of or relating to the cortex.

Other Words From

• corti·cal·ly adverb
• inter·corti·cal adjective
• non·corti·cal adjective
• non·corti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cortical¹

1665–75; < New Latin corticālis, equivalent to Latin cortic- (stem of cortex ) cortex + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

"The brain's cortical architecture can fit about 280 terabytes of information -- 32 years of high-definition video. Our genomes accommodate about one hour. This implies a 400,000-fold compression technology cannot yet match."

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"This allowed us to make predictions about how particular components of the brain, such as specific connectivity patterns, contribute to observations about cortical processing made by our experimental colleagues," explains lead researcher Dr. James Isbister.

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Han's team hypothesized that certain emotions or behaviors could lead cortical neurons to activate the pons, which would then lower activity in the medulla, resulting in slower breath.

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The results of the study 'Altered cortical synaptic lipid signaling leads to intermediate phenotypes of mental disorders' have now been published in Molecular Psychiatry and could create new opportunities for the treatment of mental illness.

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"Understanding how cortical areas are set up is the first step in understanding these connections," he says.

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