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Cerebral cortex

Cerebral cortex

the outer portion of the brain, consisting of layersof nerve cells and the pathways that connect them. The cerebralcortex is the part of the brain in which thought processes take place.In alzheimers disease, nerve cells in the cerebral cortex die.


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