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Decorticate vs Decerebrate - What's the difference?

decorticate | decerebrate |

As verbs the difference between decorticate and decerebrate

is that decorticate is to peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something while decerebrate is to remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function.

As an adjective decerebrate is

(biology) having the cerebrum removed.

decorticate

English

Verb

(decorticat)
  • To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
  • To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

    • Derived terms

    * decorticated * decortication

    decerebrate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Having the cerebrum removed
  • * {{quote-journal, 1997, date=November 7, Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco et al., Role of Sensory-Evoked NMDA Plateau Potentials in the Initiation of Locomotion, Science citation
    • , passage=All brain tissue rostral to the diencephalon was removed, making the preparation a decerebrate one. }}

    Verb

    (decerebrat)
  • To remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function