isocortex
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Related to isocortex: neopallium, allocortex
i·so·cor·tex
(ī'sō-kōr'teks), [TA]O. and C. Vogt term for the larger part of the mammalian cerebral cortex, distinguished from the allocortex by being composed of a larger number of nerve cells arranged in six layers.
See also: cerebral cortex.
See also: cerebral cortex.
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i·so·cor·tex
(ī'sō-kōr'teks) [TA]The larger part of the mammalian cerebral cortex, distinguished from the allocortex by being composed of a larger number of nerve cells arranged in six layers.
See also: cerebral cortex
See also: cerebral cortex
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