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Descriptor English: Cerebral Cortex
Descriptor Spanish: Corteza Cerebral
Descriptor corteza cerebral
Entry term(s) allocórtex
alocorteza
alocórtex
arqueopalio
córtex cerebral
paleocórtex
perialocórtex
Scope note: Fina capa de SUSTANCIA GRIS situada en la superficie de los HEMISFERIOS CEREBRALES que deriva del TELENCÉFALO y que se pliega entre circunvoluciones y surcos. Su mayor grado de desarrollo se encuentra en los seres humanos, y es responsable de las facultades intelectuales y las funciones mentales superiores.
Descriptor Portuguese: Córtex Cerebral
Descriptor French: Cortex cérébral
Entry term(s): Manteau cérébral
Pallium
Écorce cérébrale
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002540
Scope note: The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions.
Annotation: /surg: probably CEREBRAL DECORTICATION
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Décortication cérébrale (technique) MeSH
Dépression corticale envahissante MeSH
Électroencéphalographie MeSH
DeCS ID: 2579
Unique ID: D002540
NLM Classification: WL 307
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Cortex cérébral - Preferred
Concept UI M0003878
Preferred term Cortex cérébral
Entry term(s) Manteau cérébral
Pallium
Écorce cérébrale



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