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corticothalamocortical

corticothalamocortical adjective: from the cerebral cortex to the thalamus and back to the cerebral cortex.

Adjective

corticothalamocortical (not comparable)

  1. From the cerebral cortex to the thalamus and back to the cerebral cortex.
    • This finding is in agreement with other studies on corticothalamocortical communication implicating the POm in information transfer to higher-order cortical areas.2016 January 29, “Control of Somatosensory Cortical Processing by Thalamic Posterior Medial Nucleus: A New Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of corticothalamocortical

From cortico- + thalamocortical.

Questions about corticothalamocortical

What does corticothalamocortical mean?
Corticothalamocortical means from the cerebral cortex to the thalamus and back to the cerebral cortex.
What part of speech is corticothalamocortical?
Corticothalamocortical is an adjective.

Words near corticothalamocortical in the dictionary

  1. corticosubthalamopallidal
  2. corticotectal
  3. corticotemporal
  4. corticothalamic
  5. corticothalamocerebellar
  6. corticothalamocortical
  7. corticotherapies
  8. corticotherapy
  9. corticotomies
  10. corticotomy
  11. corticotrope

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