WHAT DOES THE CEREBRAL CORTEX DO?
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis tracked the growth of 30 premature babies' brains for a new report.
They found that studying the babies' brain folds in their cerebral cortices might hold answers to how cognitive diseases begin.
The cerebral cortex coats the cerebrum and cerebellum's surface.
The cerebral cortex coats the cerebrum and cerebellum's surface. File photo
The vital tissue layer is as thick as a stack of two or three coins, according to the US National Library of Medicine.
Its name comes from the Latin word meaning 'bark'.
Most information processing occurs in the cerebral cortex, and it is sometimes referred to as 'gray matter'.
The cerebral cortex is gray because nerves there do not have the insulation which makes other areas of the brain white.
Folds in the cerebral cortex increase the brain's surface area and the amount of information the organ can process.
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