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Cerebral cortex

Known as: Cortex, Cortex Cerebrus, Plates, Cortical 
The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulchi. It… 
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Adrenal CortexCaudate nucleus structureCerebral blood flow radionuclide studyCerebral gyrus

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AllocortexCorpus CallosumNeocortexStructure of collateral sulcus

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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
EPSPs in rat neocortical neurons in vitro. II. Involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the generation of EPSPs.
1. Intracellular recordings were obtained from neurons in layer II/III of rat frontal cortex. Single-electrode current- and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Anticonvulsant action of a non-competitive antagonist of NMDA receptors (MK-801) in the kindling model of epilepsy
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Cortical spreading depression as a putative migraine mechanism
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission requires postnaptic modifications in the neocortex
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Connections of the multiple visual cortical areas with the lateral posterior-pulvinar complex and adjacent thalamic nuclei in the cat
The present report describes the patterns of cat thalamocortical interconnections for each of the 13 retinotopically ordered… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Background and stimulus-induced patterns of high metabolic activity in the visual cortex (area 17) of the squirrel and macaque monkey
We have used 2-deoxy-D-[14C]glucose (2-DG) autoradiography and cytochrome oxidase histochemistry to examine background and… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Ontogeny of somatostatin‐containing neuron system of the rat: Immunohistochemical analysis. II. Forebrain and diencephalon
The ontogeny of the somatostatin (SRIF) neuron system in the forebrain and diencephalon of the rat was investigated by means of… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Effect of age on adrenergic and dopaminergic receptor binding in rat brain.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
beta-Adrenergic receptor involvement in 6-hydroxydopamine-induced supersensitivity in rat cerebral cortex.
The intraventricular administration of 6-hydroxydopamine, a procedure which destroys noradrenergic nerve terminals in the central… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Evidence that self-stimulation of the region of the locus coeruleus in rats does not depend upon noradrenergic projections to telencephalon
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