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  • noun anatomy A layer of the cerebral cortex, intermediate phylogenetically between the neocortex and archicortex, and separated from the neocortex by the rhinal fissure.

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  • noun the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum

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  • The cortex of the cingulate gyrus is juxtallocortex or paleocortex 4 to 5 layered (Majority of the cerebral cortex is 6 layered and is called isocortex.

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  • The cortex of the cingulate gyrus is juxtallocortex or paleocortex 4 to 5 layered (Majority of the cerebral cortex is 6 layered and is called isocortex.

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  • The cortex of the cingulate gyrus is juxtallocortex or paleocortex 4 to 5 layered (Majority of the cerebral cortex is 6 layered and is called isocortex.

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