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Cerebral Cortex

The cerebral cortex is the outermost of the cerebrum in mammals. It develops from the forebrain region of the neural tube.

Male brain and female brain

The male brain weighs about 1336 grams and the female brain weighs about 1198 grams 1).

Thinness

In the human brain, the cerebral cortex is only 1.8-4.5 millimetres thick. 2).

1) Khalid H. Jawabri; Sandeep Sharma: Physiology, Cerebral Cortex Functions
2) Konrad Wagstyl et al.: BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices