cortical layer
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflayer
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withlayer.
layer
noun[C]
uk/ˈleɪ.ər/us/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
See more atlayer
(Definition oflayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcortical layer
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
This is information relayed bycorticallayer5 cells that have branches to thalamic nuclei.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Accumulation of fluorescently labeled actin in thecorticallayerin sea urchin egg after fertilization.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After monocular enucleation, the degree of column shrinkage defined by autoradiography varied according to thecorticallayer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
No actin filaments were detected in the equatorialcorticallayerof these eggs by rhodamine-phalloidin staining.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Alternatively, it is possible that afferents from the same cell type react differently following deprivation, depending upon theircorticallayerof projection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Neuromodulatory action and cortical connection lengths (intracortical and corticocortical) both depend oncorticallayer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The geniculate afferents supplying the cortex may shrink after deprivation, by an amount which varies bycorticallayer, but the basic columnar pattern of the cortex is immutable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They also produce androgens in their innermostcorticallayer.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
They are covered with acorticallayer(the cerebral cortex) which has a convoluted topography.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
Cadherin based migration is essential to tissue organization in the central nervous system, specifically incorticallayerformation.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
Additional experiments could explore the energy consumption of specific cortical layers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This model works very well for thecorticallayer, but deeper cell layers must be ignored due to the inability to oxygenate a deeper cell culture effectively.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
A new cellular mechanism for coupling inputs arriving at different cortical layers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These findings suggest that the contributions that various mechanisms make to direction selectivity vary across cortical layers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After all, processing information is what cortical layers do for a living, and their existence must be accounted for in terms of their raison d'être.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Vertical bars and associated numbers indicate cortical layers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If it were so, the supragranular cortical layers, the latest to be generated should increase disproportionately to the other layers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although differences in the density of receiving cells in the different cortical layers cannot be excluded, the area of coupling is not statistically different.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition oflayer
See other collocations withlayer