Antonyms for cortex
ˈkɔr tɛks; -təˌsizcor·tex

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1. cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortexnoun

   the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

   Antonyms:
   medulla

   Synonyms:
   pallium, cerebral cortex, mantle, lens cortex, cerebral mantle

2. cortexnoun

   the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal

   Antonyms:
   medulla

   Synonyms:
   pallium, cerebral cortex, lens cortex, cerebral mantle

3. lens cortex, cortexnoun

   the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus

   Antonyms:
   medulla

   Synonyms:
   lens cortex, cerebral cortex, pallium, cerebral mantle

How to use cortex in a sentence?

1. Miguel Nicolelis:

   These patients may have been able to transmit some of this information from the cortex through the spinal cord, through these very few nerves that may have survived the original trauma. It’s almost like we turned them on again.

2. Pamela Rutledge:

   The prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until the mid-20s, so there is a slow maturation in the ability to calculate risk.

3. Amy Arnsten:

   It's a double whammy. At the same time the prefrontal cortex is getting weaker and more primitive, the brain circuits that generate emotion like fear are getting stronger, you start seeing the world as harmful even when it's not.

4. Karen Pierce:

   The brain is very plastic during early development and can be impacted by input from the environment, the frontal cortex in particular -- the part of the brain essential for the development of social skills -- is making large numbers of connections between brain cells across the first two years of life.

5. Arthur Brody:

   The finding is novel in that it is the first to link greater functional connectivity between the insula and the somatosensory cortex with an improved likelihood of quitting or minimizing smoking, if the results of the current study are replicated, studies to assess the effectiveness of somatic treatments that affect brain circuitry may certainly be warranted.

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