corticothalamocortical

adjective

From the cerebral cortex to the thalamus and back to the cerebral cortex.

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Meanings

adjectivecorticothalamocortical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFrom the cerebral cortex to the thalamus and back to the cerebral cortex.

    This finding is in agreement with other studies on corticothalamocortical communication implicating the POm in information transfer to higher-order cortical areas.

    2016 January 29, “Control of Somatosensory Cortical Processing by Thalamic Posterior Medial Nucleus: A New Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From cortico- + thalamocortical.

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