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corona radiata

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corona radiata [kə′rō·nə ‚rā·dē′äd·ə]
(histology)
The layer of cells immediately surrounding a mammalian ovum.
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Those who were overweight had an average decline of 4 percent, showing brain loss in the basal ganglia, which regulates motor skills and learning; the corona radiata, or white matter composed of axons that carry neural traffic throughout the brain; and the parietal lobe, which regulates a number of sensory functions such as navigation and spacial sense.
UCLA study: Obesity can be a drain on the brain by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The ability to exactly define specific tracts traversing the corona radiata and other nebulous white matter structures has already had an impact on the treatment of brain lesions.
Advanced MR techniques in brain tumor imaging by Karimi, Sasan; Petrovich, Nicole M.; Peck, Kyung K.; Hou, Bob L.; Holodny, Andrei I. / Applied Radiology
 
 
 
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