Gyrification/Related Articles

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Nervous system [r]: The control unit of bodily functions in animals. ^[e]
Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]
Brain anatomy [r]: Add brief definition or description
Brain development [r]: The build-up of the brain from ectodermal cells to a complex structure of neurons, glia and blood vessels. ^[e]
Brain morphometry [r]: The quantitative study of structures in the brain, their differences between individuals, correlations with brain function, and changes of these characteristics over time. ^[e]
Cerebral cortex [r]: External tissue layer within the vertebrate brain, ensheathed by the pia mater; home to the nerve cell bodies; important in learning and dementia. ^[e]
Computational biology [r]: The study of biological systems by computational means ^[e]
Theoretical biology [r]: The study of biological systems by theoretical means. ^[e]

Gyrus [r]: A convex fold on the surface of the cerebral cortex in mammals. ^[e]
Sulcus [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Sulcus (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Sulcal root [r]: Generic name for a set of locations on an embryo's cortical surface that organize the folding process and will develop into parts of a sulcus. ^[e]
Lissencephaly [r]: Condition in which the cortical surface is smooth, as opposed to gyrified. Normal in many mammals and transient in human fetal development but a disorder in humans born with it. ^[e]
Pachygyria [r]: A congenital malformation of the cerebral hemisphere that results in unusually thick convolutions of the cerebral cortex. ^[e]
Microgyria [r]: A neurodevelopmental disorder in which the gyri on the surface of the brain are smaller but more numerous than normal. ^[e]
Agyria [r]: The lack of convolutions of the cerebral cortex. ^[e]

Cortical thickness [r]: The combined thickness of the cerebral cortex layers. ^[e]
Developmental biomechanics [r]: The study of the physical forces and energies involved in the patterning of a developing organism. ^[e]
Neuronal migration [r]: The process by which nerve cells travel from the place of their last cell division to their final position in the brain. ^[e]
Allometry [r]: The study of scaling effects in biology. ^[e]
Schizophrenia [r]: A mental disorder characterized by impaired perception of the individual's environment. ^[e]
Autism [r]: Developmental disability that results from a disorder of the human central nervous system. ^[e]