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What does subcortical mean?

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  1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex
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The lesions characteristically involve subcortical white matter, extending to the lower layers of the cortical ribbon.
At one month of age there is intensive activity in the cortical and subcortical regions that control sensory-motor functions.
But the greatest number of prolegs is to be found in the Brazil subcortical larva lately mentioned.
A distant alarm bell had rung deep within the primitive, subcortical levels of his brain.
All of these results support a peripheral polyneuropathy with a possible cortical or subcortical involvement.
Left frontal lesions, left lesions of the basal ganglia, and cortical and subcortical atrophy also are common.

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