How to Use cortical in a Sentence

cortical

adjective
  • One way to think of this is as nature’s way to prevent cortical idleness.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
  • And for as yet unknown reasons, along with more cortical neurons comes a longer life.
    — Suzana Herculano-Houzel, The Conversation, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Moreover, it was found that brown bears and cats had the the same number of cortical neurons.
    — Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 18 June 2018
  • On a tight cap, researchers have marked the cortical structures to target.
    — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 29 Aug. 2017
  • This leaves the second eye functional but with no cortical neurons to talk to.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
  • With displaced, there is no — or a minimal amount of — cortical disruption of the bone.
    — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
  • The project aims to create a complete software version of a cortical column.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
  • What does brain flexibility and rapid cortical takeover have to do with dreaming?
    — David Eagleman, Time, 29 Dec. 2020
  • This helped researchers to identify the brain’s six cortical layers and white matter.
    — Isabel Fraser, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Her battle with adrenal cortical carcinoma has lasted more than six years.
    — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2017
  • So don’t even think about fixing yourself a drone host milkshake or a cortical fluid syringe cocktail yet.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 25 June 2018
  • The team created a model of the ventral region by adding an extra protein to cortical spheroids at just the right time.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2020
  • This holds true across 14 cortical regions and four species, including humans.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The shogun’s dunzo, but what about that leaking cortical fluid, is that detail important?
    — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 20 May 2018
  • In this phase, the brain still works to reorganize itself, although that process slows and cortical thickness begins to lessen.
    — New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Dozens of microchips scattered over the cortical surface might allow researchers to listen in on thousands of neurons at the same time.
    — Emily Mullin, Wired, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Responsiveness can change from all to none within millimeters or across a sulcus (a groove on the cortical surface).
    — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 10 May 2021
  • Tucked in the corner is a small space specifically for children with cortical visual impairment.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Our initial study showed prime editing in four human cancer cell lines, as well as in post-mitotic primary mouse cortical neurons.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The team wanted to estimate the cortical thickness across the cortical mantle.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In both dogs and humans, subcortical parts of the brain process intonations, while higher, cortical parts of the brain process word meanings.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The first human brain balls—aka cortical spheroids, aka neural organoids—agglomerated into existence just a few short years ago.
    — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The team found that infraslow waves traveled through the cortical layers of the awake rodents’ brains—and changed direction when the animals were anesthetized.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 May 2018
  • The organoid became vascularized by the rat and eventually grew to cover one-third of its cerebral cortical hemisphere.
    — Claudia Dreifus, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Through multiple experiments, the researchers found the same pattern in each of 14 cortical regions in five macaques.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The latest is called cortical spreading depression, which refers to a spontaneous electrical wave that travels through the brain’s cortex.
    — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Every rodent from the bite-sized mouse to the Doberman-sized capybara has about the same number of cortical areas — roughly 40.
    — Douglas Fox, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018
  • The cortical arithmetic is revealing.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The scans also make clear that paying attention requires more effort and that these patients’ cortical structures show both early and long-term losses in volume.
    — Melissa Healy, Washington Post, 16 June 2018
  • Online guides show which areas of the brain to stimulate, roughly, by positioning the electrodes, in a process like watering your cortical lawn.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023

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