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The Development of the Cortex and the Functions of its Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

C. U. Ariëns Kappers*
Affiliation:
Central Institution for Brain Research, Amsterdam
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The functions of the different layers of the neocortex are a matter of great importance to the neurologist.

The character of the neocortex and the significance of its different layers are, however, most easily understood when compared with the older forms of cortex, the primary olfactory cortex, which I have called palœocortex, and the secondary olfactory cortex or archicortex.

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