Definition of "corticofugal" []

• Describing a nerve fibre that originates in, and runs from the cerebral cortex (adjective)

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• "Although corticofugal inputs have been shown to modulate neuronal responses in the thalamus and midbrain, the behavioral importance of these changes remains unknown."
• "Chomiak T, Peters S, Hu B (2008) Functional architecture and spike timing properties of corticofugal projections from rat ventral temporal cortex."