Brain Details
The image above is a clickable map. Just click the names to do the 'brain details' brain tour. The blue part is cortex.

cortex

Anatomy

  • ridges=gyri (gyrus), valleys=sulci (sulcus)
  • central sulcus divides frontal & parietal lobes
  • lateral/sylvian sulcus divides frontal & temporal lobes
  • 6 layers: input: layer 4 / computation: 2 & 3 / feedback: 1 & 6 / output: 5
  • thickness of cerebral cortex: 2mm
  • surface of cortex: 2500cm2 (40x62.5cm)


    areas named for a flattened right hemisphere of a macaque cortex

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