Sentences with phrase «folded outer layer»

In their latest experiment, the team wanted to see if they could build a more complete map of meaning across the cerebral cortex, the folded outer layer of grey matter.

Although these tumors originate in different regions of the brain, all of them originate near or can spread to the cerebral cortex, the brain's highly folded outer layer that helps us perceive the world, form conscious thoughts and use language.

Most neuroscientists assume that the neocortex, the brain's distinctive folded outer layer, is what makes us uniquely human.

Not exact matches

The outer layer is rolled out very thin and folded over cooked fillings.

ANOTHER WRINKLE The outer layer of the human brain has distinctive folds.

FOLD IT A gene that only humans have can make the normally smooth outer layer of mouse brains develop folds similar to those in human brains (upper right center).

The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of brain tissue, a folded region about 2 - 4 millimeters thick, that is involved in many important aspects of brain function including sensory and cognitive processes.

Usually, the outer layer of the human brain, called the cerebral cortex, is large and highly folded.

[Previously: U.S. scientists find virus selectively infected cells forming the brain's cortex, the thin outer layer of folded gray matter]

Working with lab - grown human stem cells, scientists found that the virus selectively infected cells forming the brain's cortex, the thin outer layer of folded gray matter.