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paleocortex

alt. (context anatomy English) A layer of the cerebral cortex, intermediate phylogenetically between the neocortex and archicortex, and separated from the neocortex by the rhinal fissure. n. (context anatomy English) 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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paleocortex

n. the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum [syn: archipallium]

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Sex, as I understand it, is controlled by the paleocortex, what you people call the limbic system.

At the edge of your paleocortex there is a star pattern which resembles the upper left rear of our present location.

Dita had studied the work of the Go-captains and she knew well enough that if the paleocortex was lost the personality became intellectually sane, but emotionally crazed.

A quiet pinlighter thrust a beam-electrode so that it reached square into the paleocortex of Captain Magno Taliano.