Cerebrum (Outer Surface)

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_945

331 Accesses

Synonyms

Cerebrum (external features)

Definition

At a deep level, is composed of the basal ganglia and peripherally of the greatly folded cerebral cortex, which is subdivided into two hemispheres.

Here all “higher” brain functions such as voluntary motor control, motor and sensory speech, cognition, visual and auditory system, superficial and deep sensibility are processed.

Telencephalon

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

About this entry

Cite this entry

(2009). Cerebrum (Outer Surface). In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_945

Download citation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_945
Published: 24 January 2024
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-23735-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-29678-2
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesReference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics