Sentences with phrase «layers of neural tissue»

At some point between the first amphibians moving onto dry land and the evolution of mammals, the neocortex arose — extra layers of neural tissue on the surface of the brain.

The cerebral cortex is the outermost layer of neural tissue in the brain and is one of the most extensively studied brain structures in the field of neuroscience.

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In mice and humans alike, the cerebral cortex — the outermost layer of brain tissue associated with high - level functions such as memory and decision - making — starts out as a spherical sheet of tissue made up of only neural stem cells.

Histochemical analysis indicated the existence of tissues from all three germ layers, such as neural epithelial cells (ectoderm), intestines (endoderm) and muscle (mesoderm)(Figure 6A).