adverb
- in a manner relating to or affecting the cortex, especially the cerebral cortex of the brain
Usage: technical/medical; commonly used in neuroscience and medical contexts
Examples
- The injury affected the patient cortically, damaging the motor cortex.
- Cortically mediated responses involve higher-order brain processing.
- The stimulus was processed cortically rather than at the spinal level.
- Cortically blind patients may retain some visual reflexes despite lacking conscious sight.
- The drug acts cortically to reduce seizure activity in the brain.