subcortical
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- adjective
- /ˌsʌbˈkɔːrtɪkəl/
- Specialized
- In addition to the prefrontal cortex, white matter tracts as well as subcortical brain structures are crucial for optimal executive function.
- subcortical structures
- subcortical region
- subcortical brain
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Watch on YouTubeWe see, you know, cortical surface area, cortical thickness, volumes of various important subcortical structures.
- We see, you know, cortical surface area, cortical thickness, volumes of various important subcortical structures.
- I think there's a lot of pre or subcortical circuits that get engaged and reinforced as children.
- So the heart is stopped with brain death, which is a cessation of all brain function, both cortical and subcortical brainstem activity.
- Maybe all of these subcortical systems that make me sort of have different emotions, Maybe they don't really matter.
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Next, more pertinent areas in the brain, a region, a subcortical region called the basal ganglia.
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LeDoux's work finds that subcortical circuits for fear in animals are shorter than cortical circuits, resulting in shorter latency time.
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The letters made a word that seemed to more or less describe a chain of cortical and subcortical activity.
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Research in individuals with this disease provides a vital opportunity to learn how deficient subcortical networks impact speech and language processes.
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Why wouldn't we believe that thought can change those subcortical structures about anxiety and depression?
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There were no differences in functional connectivity within the association, limbic, primary, and subcortical areas.
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The neurological roots of the bilingual advantage extend to subcortical brain areas more traditionally associated with sensory processing.
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Systems associated with affect are concentrated in subcortical regions where neural homologies abound.
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Graph-theoretical analysis identified subcortical regions as a major locus of between-group differences in brain connectivity.
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The subcortical structures play a crucial role in regulating emotions and memory.
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Etymology
The word subcortical starts with sub- meaning 'under' and has cortex meaning 'bark', like the bark of a tree. Because the brain's outer layer is called the cortex, subcortical means 'under the outer layer' and so it means the brain areas below the cortex.