Synonyms 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

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

   Antonyms:
   medulla

2. cortexnoun

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

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

   Antonyms:
   medulla

3. lens cortex, cortexnoun

   the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus

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

   Antonyms:
   medulla

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1. • Animal Tissue
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1. List of paraphrases for "cortex":

   cortical, rind, bark

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1. Amy Arnsten:

   One of the most striking( effects) is thinning of the gray matter of an area of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, it helps us to act appropriately. It gives us insight about ourselves and others. It gives us perspective. It allows us to do complex decision-making and to be able to have thoughtful, abstract reasoning rather than concrete or habitual responses.

2. William Dobyns:

   These children have a very severe form of microcephaly, the brain is not just small, it's small with malformations of the cerebral cortex and calcifications. It has the appearance of a very severe, destructive injury to the brain.

3. Glenn Levine:

   Often we let our mind quickly react to something before we've truly had time to allow our higher levels of cognitive functioning, our prefrontal cortex, to weigh in, we want to pause, ponder and digest this, and take a couple seconds to decide what is the most skillful way to react.

4. Amy Arnsten:

   If you feel like you're in control of the stressor, then there aren't these toxic brain changes, if you feel out of control it leads to chemical changes in the prefrontal cortex that weakens the connections, and over time actually erode those connections away.

5. 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.