Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fore-brain, comprising the cerebral hemispheres, corpora striata, and olfactory lobes; the pros-encephalon.
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- noun (Anat.) The prosencephalon.
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- noun anatomy The
prosencephalon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, memory acquired before the surgery could not be retrieved 1 month after surgery although the procerebrum had recovered from injury by this time, consistent with the notion that the procerebrum is the storage site of odor-aversion memory, or deeply involved in the memory recall process.
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This learning ability critically depends on the procerebrum, which is the higher olfactory center in the brain of the terrestrial mollusk.
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However, memory acquired before the surgery could not be retrieved 1 month after surgery although the procerebrum had recovered from injury by this time, consistent with the notion that the procerebrum is the storage site of odor-aversion memory, or deeply involved in the memory recall process.
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This learning ability critically depends on the procerebrum, which is the higher olfactory center in the brain of the terrestrial mollusk.
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Optic ganglia: are at the sides of the procerebrum and innervate the compound eyes.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Optic lobes: the laterals lobes of the procerebrum in which are centered the nerves supplying the organs of vision.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Calyx: the cap or crown of the mushroom bodies of the procerebrum: see also egg-calyx.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Ocular lobes: of brain = procerebrum; q.v. Ocular sclerite: the first or protocerebral segment of the head.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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In the present study, after a 1-month recovery period post-surgical lesioning of the procerebrum we investigated whether the brain of the slug shows recovery from damage.
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Here we report a novel mode of regeneration which the slug's cognitive center, the procerebrum, shows after surgical lesioning in the adult.
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