Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated beneath the cortex.
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- adjective medicine Of or pertaining to the
subcortex , the portion of the brain located below thecerebral cortex
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- adjective of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most of them are located below the cerebral cortex and are known as subcortical.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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Most of them are located below the cerebral cortex and are known as subcortical.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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Most of them are located below the cerebral cortex and are known as subcortical.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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Most of them are located below the cerebral cortex and are known as subcortical.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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The caudate nucleus is part of the telencephalon (forebrain), but is inside (underneath) of the cerebral cortex, so it is called a subcortical nucleus.
Brain Blogger 2009
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The caudate nucleus is part of the telencephalon (forebrain), but is inside (underneath) of the cerebral cortex, so it is called a subcortical nucleus.
Brain Blogger 2009
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The caudate nucleus is part of the telencephalon (forebrain), but is inside (underneath) of the cerebral cortex, so it is called a subcortical nucleus.
Brain Blogger 2009
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The caudate nucleus is part of the telencephalon (forebrain), but is inside (underneath) of the cerebral cortex, so it is called a subcortical nucleus.
Brain Blogger 2009
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However, laboratory studies have not been able to unequivocally determine how the very basic information-processing "subcortical" regions of the brain function in processing risk and reward.
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Research into "the brain chemistry of love" indicates that when a person sees a potential mate, it takes as little as a fifth of a second for the brain to launch a complex "love-related" chain reaction involving multiple areas of the cortical and more primitive subcortical portions of the brain.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Biochemistry Of Love's Ecstasy And Agony M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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