How to Use pallium in a Sentence

pallium

noun
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  • How much of the bird pallium is like the cortex is still subject to debate.
    — Onur Güntürkün, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
  • The researchers imaged the pallium before and after the fish learned, and analyzed the changes in synapse strength and location.
    — Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Contrary to expectation, the synaptic strengths in the pallium remained about the same regardless of whether the fish learned anything.
    — Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
  • For each species, the total number of neurons (in millions) in their brains is shown in yellow, the number of neurons (in millions) in their forebrains (pallium) is shown in blue and their brain mass (in grams) is shown in red.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2016
  • Consistent with the overall conclusions, the number of neurons in the pallium went up with both absolute brain size and brain size relative to body size.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
  • The pallium, fabric worn around the neck, is considered sacred and often worn during services of grave importance.
    — Jessica Andrews, Teen Vogue, 20 Apr. 2018
  • In 2009, Benedict visited L’Aquila, which had been devastated by a recent earthquake and prayed at Celestine’s tomb, leaving his pallium stole on it.
    — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 5 June 2022
  • In 2009, Benedict visited L'Aquila, which had been devastated by a recent earthquake and prayed at Celestine's tomb, leaving his pallium stole on it.
    — Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY, 5 June 2022
  • In 2009, Benedict visited L’Aquila, which had been devastated by a recent earthquake, and prayed at Celestine’s tomb, leaving his pallium stole on it.
    — Fox News, 5 June 2022
  • When working within the anatomical scheme set out by Edinger, an observer finds the pallium strongly resembles the subpallium.
    — Onur Güntürkün, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
  • In their investigation, researchers targeted the pallium, a structure in bird brains that's analogous to the mammalian cerebral cortex.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2016
  • In mammals, the neocortex is the hulking, evolutionarily modern outer layer of the brain that allows for complex cognition and creativity and that makes up most of what, in vertebrates as a whole, is called the pallium.
    — Bret Stetka, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Recordings of the crows’ brain activity during these tasks revealed that neurons in a region of their brain called the pallium represent zero as a quantity alongside other numerosities, just as is found in the primate prefrontal cortex.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Wired, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Four years before resigning in 2013, Benedict visited Celestine's tomb and left his own pallium stole — a vestment symbolizing episcopal authority — at his medieval predecessor's grave.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 7 June 2022
  • When specific brain regions were analyzed independently, the pallium was the most significant region associated with complicated bird behavior; the cerebellum also contributed, but to a smaller extent.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022

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