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Anatomy

Grey matter Myelinated White matter Axons Cerebrum

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Function

Telencephalon Rostral Forebrain Frontal lobe Parietal

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Clinical significance

Neurodegenerative disorders Alzheimer's disease Dementia Semantic dementia Transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Evolution

Metabolic rate Coevolution Species Avians Avian pallium

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FMA: 62429
MeSH: D019579
NeuroLex ID: birnlex_2547
NeuroNames: 2314
TA2: 5532
TA98: A14.1.09.304 A14.1.09.307

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Overview

Mammalian
Cerebral cortex
Sensory perception Sense
Cognition
Motor commands Motor cortex
Spatial reasoning Spatial visualization ability
Language
Proisocortex
Human brain
Allocortex
Six layers Cortical layers

Etymology

Latin
Bark Bark (botany)
Greek Greek (language)

Anatomy

Grey matter
Myelinated Myelin
White matter
Axons Axon
Cerebrum
Periallocortex
Cingulate cortex
Limbic system
Brodmann's areas Brodmann area
24 Brodmann area 24
25 Brodmann area 25
30 Brodmann area 30
32 Brodmann area 32
Insula Insular cortex
Parahippocampal gyrus
Oceanic dolphin
Long-finned pilot whale
Rodents Rodent
Elephants Elephant
Dolphins
Primates Primate
Sulci Sulcus (neuroanatomy)
Gyri Gyrus
Neurons
Cell Cell (biology)
Neuronal Neuron
Pyramidal neurons
Axons
Thalamus
Brainstem

Function

Telencephalon
Rostral Anatomical terms of location
Forebrain Prosencephalon
Frontal lobe
Parietal Parietal lobe
Occipital Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Primary visual cortex
Primary auditory cortex
Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex
Broca's area
Orbitofrontal cortex
Semantic memories
Instrumental conditioning
Basal ganglia
Slow-wave sleep
Hyperpolarizing Hyperpolarization (biology)
Oscillation
Depolarizing

Clinical significance

Evolution

Neocortex ratio

Group size Dunbar's number
Medulla oblongata

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Nodes90

Edges89

Triples74

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.022222

Components1

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Neocortex

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related to External links · 11

Neocortex → Archived, Brain Engineering Laboratory, Brain Info, Comparative Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, Model, Proisocortex, Retrieved, University, Washington, Wikiversity

related to Layers · 9

Neocortex → However, II, III, IV, Neurons, The, There, Thus, VI

related to Function · 8

Neocortex → Broca's, For, Further, In, It, Semantic, The, When

related to Anatomy · 6

Neocortex → Brodmann's, It, Of, The, There, This

related to Clinical significance · 6

Neocortex → Alzheimer's, Damage, If, Lesions, These, This

related to Evolution · 5

Neocortex → Body, For, In, The, With

related to Geometry · 3

Neocortex → All, The, These

related to Neocortex ratio · 3

Neocortex → For, Humans, The

see also · 3

Neocortex → Brain, Jeff Hawkins, List

is a · 2

Neocortex → most developed in its organisation and number of layers, newest part of the cerebral cortex to evolve

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Important terminology

cortex layers brain neurons size also allocortex sensory isocortex cerebral humans information species temporal area areas called human proisocortex cortical

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Neocortex	FMA	62429	1.00	infobox
Neocortex	MeSH	D019579	1.00	infobox
Neocortex	NeuroLex ID	birnlex_2547	1.00	infobox
Neocortex	NeuroNames	2314	1.00	infobox
Neocortex	TA2	5532	1.00	infobox
Neocortex	TA98	A14.1.09.304 A14.1.09.307	1.00	infobox
Neocortex	is a	most developed in its organisation and number of layers	0.90	text
Neocortex	is a	newest part of the cerebral cortex to evolve	0.90	text
sensory perception	instance of	is a set of layers of the mammalian cerebral cortex involved in higher-order brain functions	0.80	text
cognition	instance of	is a set of layers of the mammalian cerebral cortex involved in higher-order brain functions	0.80	text
generation of motor commands	instance of	is a set of layers of the mammalian cerebral cortex involved in higher-order brain functions	0.80	text
spatial reasoning	instance of	is a set of layers of the mammalian cerebral cortex involved in higher-order brain functions	0.80	text

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