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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Neurosurgical Procedures > Cerebral Decortication

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Cerebral Decortication  

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Entry terms

  • Cerebral Cortex Decortication
  • Cerebral Cortex Decortications
  • Cortex Decortication, Cerebral
  • Cortex Decortications, Cerebral
  • Decortication, Cerebral Cortex
  • Decortications, Cerebral Cortex

Note

  • "partial or total removal, ablation or destruction of the cerebral cortex; may be chemical"; usually exper; coord IM or NIM with specific part of brain with probably /physiol (IM)

Scope note

  • Partial or total removal, ablation, or destruction of the cerebral cortex; may be chemical. It is not used with animals that do not possess a cortex, i.e., it is used only with mammals.

History note

  • 82; was CEREBRAL CORTEX DECORTICATION 1965-81

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002541

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