The phrase "area of the cortex" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to neuroscience, psychology, or anatomy when discussing specific regions of the brain.
Example: "The area of the cortex responsible for visual processing is known as the occipital lobe."
Alternatives: "region of the cortex" or "section of the cortex".
We hypothesized that the abnormal activity was due to the trauma of repeated penetrations in this area of the cortex.
This area of the cortex appears to be involved with the analysis and storage of complex perceptions.
The clinical manifestations of the seizure often reflect the area of the cortex in which the seizures originated.
Between 22 weeks of fetal development and adulthood, the volume of real brains increases some 20-fold, from approximately 60 to 2,000 millilitres, and this is accompanied by a 30-fold increase in the surface area of the cortex.
The reason for the different results could be that the relevant factor is the total area of the cortex rather than its thickness, but it turns out that this is probably not the case.
Experiments in animals have shown that injury to the auditory area of the cortex on one side of the brain interferes with the localization of a moving sound source on the opposite side of the body.
The same areas of the cortex were activated in the patients as in neurologically intact controls.
Damage to different areas of the cortex can result in difficulties with mastication and the initiation of swallowing.
Comparable studies in those born blind showed that the visual areas of the cortex may be reallocated in function and used to process sound and touch.
Lying was associated with increased activity in several areas of the cortex, including the anterior cingulate cortex and the superior frontal gyrus.
An alternative theory, proposed by Grossenbacher and Lovelace (2001), is in terms of disinhibited feedback from the association areas to the sensory projection areas of the cortex.
