telencephalic
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- adjective
- /ˌtɛlənˈsɛfəlɪk/
- Specialized
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telencefálico
- The principal nuclei of the song control system are unique telencephalic structures.
Examples
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In studying animal behavior, scientists observed how telencephalic areas control complex movements.
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Consistent with our measures of jugular estrogens, there was considerably more 3H-estrogen in whole brain homogenates after telencephalic injection than after cerebellar 3H-androgen injection.
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The high levels of telencephalic aromatase and circulating aromatizable androgen present during development in both male and female zebra finches suggest that estrogens are available to the brain of both sexes.
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In telencephalic cell cultures, aromatase activity has been observed at some of the highest levels reported for brain tissue of any species (approximately 1 picomole estrogen per mg cellular protein per minute; Schlinger et al. 1994).
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The telencephalic region of the brain is essential for functions such as memory and decision-making.
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Researchers found that telencephalic neurons are critical in regulating emotional responses.
Synonyms
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Relating to the brain
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About the brain or how it works
Surface Forms
Morphology
telencephalic = telencephalon (transparent) = telencephalon + ic
Formed by straightforward adjectival derivation from the noun 'telencephalon' with the productive suffix '-ic', so it directly means 'relating to the telencephalon' even though both terms are technical.
Etymology
Telencephalic comes from the Greek name telencephalon, where tel means 'end' and encephalon means 'brain' or 'in the head'. So something telencephalic is about the telencephalon, the big front part of the brain that controls higher thinking, memory and decisions.