Synonyms for cerebral cortex
cere·bral cor·tex

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1. cerebral cortexnoun

   Synonyms:
   pallium

2. cerebral cortexnoun

   The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.

   Synonyms:
   pallium

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1. cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortexnoun

   the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

   Synonyms:
   pallium, mantle, lens cortex, cortex, cerebral mantle

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1. William Dobyns:

   These children have a very severe form of microcephaly, the brain is not just small, it's small with malformations of the cerebral cortex and calcifications. It has the appearance of a very severe, destructive injury to the brain.