Neocortex

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The largest portion of the CEREBRAL CORTEX in which the NEURONS are arranged in six layers in the mammalian brain: molecular, external granular, external pyramidal, internal granular, internal pyramidal and multiform layers.

Descriptor ID	D019579
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.420
Concept/Terms	Neocortex Neocortex Neocortices Isocortex Isocortices Neopallium Neopalliums Substantia Corticalis Corticali, Substantia Corticalis, Substantia Substantia Corticali Cerebral Neocortex Cerebral Neocortices Neocortex, Cerebral Neocortices, Cerebral Neopallial Cortex Cortex, Neopallial Cortices, Neopallial Neopallial Cortices Neocortical External Pyramidal Layer Neocortical External Pyramidal Layer Neocortical Multiform Layer Neocortical Multiform Layer Layer, Neocortical Multiform Layers, Neocortical Multiform Multiform Layer, Neocortical Multiform Layers, Neocortical Neocortical Multiform Layers Neocortical Internal Pyramidal Layer Neocortical Internal Pyramidal Layer Neocortical Molecular Layer Neocortical Molecular Layer Layer, Neocortical Molecular Layers, Neocortical Molecular Molecular Layer, Neocortical Molecular Layers, Neocortical Neocortical Molecular Layers Neocortical External Granular Layer Neocortical External Granular Layer External Granular Layer External Granular Layers Granular Layer, External Granular Layers, External Layer, External Granular Layers, External Granular Neocortical Internal Granular Layer Neocortical Internal Granular Layer

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500]
Neocortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.420]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2001	1	1	2
2007	1	1	2
2011	1	1	2
2012	2	1	3
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1

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Spotorno N, Coughlin DG, Olm CA, Wolk D, Vaishnavi SN, Shaw LM, Dahodwala N, Morley JF, Duda JE, Deik AF, Spindler MA, Chen-Plotkin A, Lee EB, Trojanowski JQ, McMillan CT, Weintraub D, Grossman M, Irwin DJ. Tau pathology associates with in vivo cortical thinning in Lewy body disorders. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020 12; 7(12):2342-2355.

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Ramirez-Zamora A, Pilitsis JG. In reply to: "Hyperhidrosis caused by deep brain stimulation in the posterior subthalamic area" by Patric Blomstedt MD, PhD. J Neurol Sci. 2017 09 15; 380:280.

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Ataman B, Boulting GL, Harmin DA, Yang MG, Baker-Salisbury M, Yap EL, Malik AN, Mei K, Rubin AA, Spiegel I, Durresi E, Sharma N, Hu LS, Pletikos M, Griffith EC, Partlow JN, Stevens CR, Adli M, Chahrour M, Sestan N, Walsh CA, Berezovskii VK, Livingstone MS, Greenberg ME. Evolution of Osteocrin as an activity-regulated factor in the primate brain. Nature. 2016 11 10; 539(7628):242-247.

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Boyd JL, Skove SL, Rouanet JP, Pilaz LJ, Bepler T, Gord?n R, Wray GA, Silver DL. Human-chimpanzee differences in a FZD8 enhancer alter cell-cycle dynamics in the developing neocortex. Curr Biol. 2015 Mar 16; 25(6):772-779.

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Tal A, Peled N, Siegelmann HT. Biologically inspired load balancing mechanism in neocortical competitive learning. Front Neural Circuits. 2014; 8:18.

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Kremen WS, Fennema-Notestine C, Eyler LT, Panizzon MS, Chen CH, Franz CE, Lyons MJ, Thompson WK, Dale AM. Genetics of brain structure: contributions from the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2013 Oct; 162B(7):751-61.

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Jeong SJ, Luo R, Li S, Strokes N, Piao X. Characterization of G protein-coupled receptor 56 protein expression in the mouse developing neocortex. J Comp Neurol. 2012 Sep 01; 520(13):2930-40.

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Sills JB, Connors BW, Burwell RD. Electrophysiological and morphological properties of neurons in layer 5 of the rat postrhinal cortex. Hippocampus. 2012 Sep; 22(9):1912-22.

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Magavi S, Friedmann D, Banks G, Stolfi A, Lois C. Coincident generation of pyramidal neurons and protoplasmic astrocytes in neocortical columns. J Neurosci. 2012 Apr 04; 32(14):4762-72.

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Jeong SJ, Li S, Luo R, Strokes N, Piao X. Loss of Col3a1, the gene for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, results in neocortical dyslamination. PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e29767.

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