The phrase "cortical surface" refers to the outer layer of the brain, which is made up of special brain cells called neurons. It is responsible for various important functions like thinking, memory, and sensing the world around us. Full definition
There is a dramatic increase of cortical surface area during late fetal development as a result of cortical folding, while there is a dynamic change of cortical thickness during the entire life span as a result of development and disease. (ahealthblog.com)
The Desikan — Killiany cortical atlas32 as implemented in FreeSurfer 5.353 was used to assign anatomical labels to each subject's cortical surface model. (nature.com)
In studies of neural development in mice, Stahl found that TRNP1 produces a protein that determines whether neural stem cells self - replicate, leading to a balloonlike expansion of cortical surface area, or whether they differentiate into a plethora of intermediate stem cell types and neurons, thickening the cortex and forming more complex brain structures. (sciencemag.org)