Synonym for isocortex ... O. And C. Vogt's term for the larger part of the mammalian cerebral cortex, distinguished from the allocortex by being composed of a larger number of nerve cells arranged in six layers. ... See: cerebral cortex. ... Synonym: homotypic cortex, neocortex, neopallium. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Greek neos = new, and Latin pallium = cloak; hence, the cerebral cortex which developed more recently than the archipallium or olfactory cortex. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21450