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cor·tex
/ ˈkôrˌteks/
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n.
(pl. -ti·ces
/ -təˌsēz/ ) Anat.
the outer layer of the cerebrum (the
cerebral cortex), composed of folded gray matter and playing an important role in consciousness.
∎
an outer layer of another organ or body part such as a kidney (the
renal cortex), the cerebellum, or a hair.
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Bot.
an outer layer of tissue immediately below the epidermis of a stem or root.
DERIVATIVES:
cor·ti·cal
/ ˈkôrtikəl/ adj.
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Cortex to Raise $14.2 Million in Registered Direct Offering.
Business Wire; 8/24/2007; 700+ words
; IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: COR...Under the terms of the transaction, Cortex expects to sell an aggregate of approximately...in connection with the transaction. Cortex plans to use the net proceeds from this...
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Cortex Receives NYSE Amex Staff Determination.
Business Wire; 8/21/2009; 700+ words
; IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex...Currently patient enrollment is underway in Cortex's clinical trial of CX1739 in patients...diabetes. Also, recent studies with Cortex's High Impact AMPAKINE molecules in...
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Cortex Completes $14.2 Million Registered Direct Offering.
Business Wire; 8/30/2007; 700+ words
; IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: COR...transaction resulted in gross proceeds to Cortex of approximately $14.2 million, excluding...prospectus supplement that form a part of Cortex's effective shelf registration statement...
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Cortex and the University of California, Irvine Extend Exclusive Licensing Agreement.
Business Wire; 6/7/2007; 700+ words
; IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX:COR...Irvine (UCI). Under this Amendment, Cortex has extended the date for the filing...country, until October 10, 2012. "Cortex and UCI have enjoyed an excellent working...
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Cortex to Provide Shareholder Update and Host Conference Call on October 31, 2007.(Clinical report)
Business Wire; 10/26/2007; 700+ words
; Cortex's AMPAKINE[R] Technology Featured in...Magazine Focused on Memory IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: COR) will...announcement on October 11, 2007. Although Cortex has not yet received the formal written...
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Cortex's CEO Roger Stoll to Speak at the Roth Capital Partners New York Conference on September 5, 2007.(Conference news)
Business Wire; 8/30/2007; 700+ words
; IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: COR...including the recent FDA response that gave Cortex the go-ahead to immediately resume...clinical developments and strategies. Cortex plans to file an Investigational New...
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Cortex Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End Operating Results.(Financial report)
Business Wire; 3/15/2007; 700+ words
; IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: COR...fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, Cortex reported a net loss of $16,055,000...expenses, including amounts recorded for Cortex's Phase IIa clinical study in Attention...
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Cortex Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2003 Results.
PR Newswire; 2/14/2003; 700+ words
; Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the results...For the quarter ended December 31, 2002, Cortex reported a net loss of $276,000 ($0...October 2002 Servier agreed to supplement Cortex's existing research support by $4,000...
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Cortex Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2003 Results.
Business Wire; 5/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003 Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX:COR...For the quarter ended March 31, 2003, Cortex reported a net loss of $140,000...operating expenses. In October 2002, Cortex expanded Servier's rights to the AMPAKINE...
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Cortex Pharmaceuticals Announces Management Changes.
Business Wire; 5/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...Chairman of the Board IRVINE, Calif. -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (AMEX: COR...Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of Cortex since January 2006 and has served as a...With the assistance of Dr. Varney, Cortex has filed key new patents for the AMPAKINE...
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cerebral cortex
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
cerebral cortex Seen from the outside, the most obvious...brain is the intricately folded cerebral cortex that covers the pair of cerebral hemispheres...The convolutions, or gyri , of the cortex, and the fissures or sulci that separate...
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cortex
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
cortex 1. (in botany) The tissue between the...little or no structural differentiation. Cortex is produced by activity of the apical meristem...including the adrenal glands ( adrenal cortex ), kidneys ( renal cortex ), and cerebral...
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visual cortex
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
visual cortex ( striate cortex ) The region of the cerebral cortex of the brain where sensory information from the eyes is interpreted.
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motor cortex
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
motor cortex ( moh -ter) n. the region of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for initiating nerve impulses that bring about voluntary activity in the muscles of the body.
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adrenal cortex
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
adrenal cortex The outer layer of the adrenal gland , in which several steroid hormones, the corticosteroids , are produced.
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