Cerebrocortex
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 cerebral cortex
"In the cerebrocortex, anoxia leads to suppression of spontaneous electrical activity (i.e., spike arrest) [11, 12 ], silencing of AMPA and NMDA receptors [13 –16 ], and large GABA releases during anoxia that activate an inhibitory postsynaptic shunt and prevent presynaptic glutamate release [17, 18 ]."
Example
More examples"In the cerebrocortex, anoxia leads to suppression of spontaneous electrical activity (i.e., spike arrest) [11, 12 ], silencing of AMPA and NMDA receptors [13 –16 ], and large GABA releases during anoxia that activate an inhibitory postsynaptic shunt and prevent presynaptic glutamate release [17, 18 ]."
Etymology
From cerebro- + cortex.
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