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What is a cerebral cortex?

What is a cerebral cortex? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (neuroanatomy) The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
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Some neuroscientists think that complex memories may be stored in widely distributed networks of neurons, probably in the cerebral cortex.
Parts of the thalamus, and the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex that are important in controlling mood, also connect to the hypothalamus.
The cerebellum has on its surface a series of tight folds, called folia, similar to, but narrower than, the gyri of the cerebral cortex.
I type this having regained the feeling in my fingers, toes, trapezius, gluteus maximus and cerebral cortex.
The medulla controls this involuntary swallowing reflex, although voluntary swallowing may be initiated by the cerebral cortex.
I feel panic rising in the back of my throat, urgency illuminating my cerebral cortex, and a dark cloud of bewilderment obscuring my vision.

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