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:

   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.

2. 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.

3. David Diamond:

   It’s not stupidity, it’s that children and teens have partially formed brains, it’s a capacity to look to the future -- that’s really what the frontal cortex does and that’s what preteens lack, an appreciation for the consequence of their actions.

4. 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.

5. Helen Fisher:

   The drive to love is eternal, this brain system lies way below the cortex, next to another area that orchestrates thirst and hunger, systems that keep you alive, and love is one of them.